Evolution-Creation Struggle

Name: Evolution-Creation Struggle
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ISBN: 9780674022553

ISBN-10: 0674022556

ISBN-13: 9780674022553

Edition: 2005

Authors: Robert J. Richards, Michael Ruse

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Creation versus evolution: What seems like a cultural crisis of our day, played out in courtrooms and classrooms across the county, is in fact part of a larger story reaching back through the centuries. The views of both evolutionists and creationists originated as inventions of the Enlightenment--two opposed but closely related responses to a loss of religious faith in the Western world. In his latest book, Michael Ruse, a preeminent authority on Darwinian evolutionary thought and a leading participant in the ongoing debate, uncovers surprising similarities between evolutionist and creationist thinking. Exploring the underlying philosophical commitments of evolutionists, he reveals that…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/31/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University. He is the founder and editor of the journal Biology and Philosophy, and has appeared on ldquo;Quirks and Quarksrdquo; and the Discovery Channel.



Prologue



Christianity and Its Discontents



From Progress toEvolution



Growth of aPseudoscience



CharlesDarwin



Failure of a ProfessionalScience



SocialDarwinism



ChristianResponses



Fundamentalism



PopulationGenetics



EvolutionToday



Nature asPromise



Earth's LastDays?


Conclusion


Notes


References andReading


Acknowledgments


Index