| Preface | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Darwin: On Changing the Mind (2000) | p. 3 |
| Darwin's Life | p. 21 |
| Who Is Darwin? (1991) | p. 23 |
| Scientific Thought: Just before Darwin | p. 31 |
| Biology before the Beagle (1964) | p. 33 |
| An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) | p. 39 |
| Natural Theology (1802) | p. 41 |
| Zoological Philosophy (1809) | p. 44 |
| Principles of Geology (1830-33) | p. 49 |
| The Study of Natural Philosophy (1830) | p. 52 |
| Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology (1833) | p. 57 |
| On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type (1858) | p. 61 |
| Selections from Darwin's Work | p. 65 |
| The Voyage of the Beagle (1845) | p. 67 |
| St. Jago--Cape de Verd Islands | p. 67 |
| Galapagos Archipelago | p. 67 |
| On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and On the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection (1858) | p. 82 |
| Extract from an unpublished Work on Species, by C. Darwin, Esq. | p. 82 |
| Abstract of a Letter from C. Darwin, Esq., to Prof. Asa Gray, Boston, U.S., dated Down, September 5th, 1857 | p. 85 |
| An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species, previously to the Publication of This Work (1861) | p. 87 |
| The Origin of Species (1859) | p. 95 |
| Introduction | p. 95 |
| Variation under Domestication | p. 98 |
| Variation under Nature | p. 106 |
| Struggle for Existence | p. 107 |
| Natural Selection | p. 111 |
| Difficulties on Theory | p. 135 |
| On the Imperfections of the Geological Record | p. 147 |
| Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs | p. 151 |
| Recapitulation and Conclusion | p. 158 |
| The Descent of Man (1871) | p. 175 |
| Introduction | p. 175 |
| The Evidence of the Descent of Man from Some Lower Form | p. 177 |
| On the Manner of Development of Man from Some Lower Form | p. 194 |
| Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals | p. 213 |
| On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man | p. 222 |
| Principles of Sexual Selection | p. 230 |
| Secondary Sexual Characters of Man | p. 232 |
| Secondary Sexual Characters of Man--continued | p. 239 |
| General Summary and Conclusion | p. 243 |
| Darwin's Influence on Science | p. 255 |
| The Victorian Opposition to Darwin | p. 257 |
| Darwin and His Critics (1983) | p. 257 |
| Objections to Mr. Darwin's Theory of the Origin of Species (1860) | p. 265 |
| Darwin on the Origin of Species (1860) | p. 267 |
| Review of the Origin of Species (1867) | p. 271 |
| Victorian Supporters of Darwin | p. 276 |
| Flora Tasmaniae (1859) | p. 276 |
| On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals (1863) | p. 280 |
| Principles of Geology (1867) | p. 285 |
| The Debt of Science to Darwin (1883) | p. 287 |
| Darwin and the Shaping of Modern Science | p. 289 |
| Scientific Method in Evolution | p. 289 |
| Evolution and the Nature of Science (1999) | p. 289 |
| Explaining the Very Improbable (1987) | p. 301 |
| On the Uncertainty of Science (1980) | p. 304 |
| Postmodernisms and the Problem of Scientific Literacy (1998) | p. 308 |
| Science and Sensibility (1999) | p. 314 |
| The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis | p. 319 |
| The Evolutionary Synthesis (1984) | p. 319 |
| The Human Genealogy | p. 326 |
| The Chosen Primate (1994) | p. 326 |
| Out of Africa Again ... and Again? (1997) | p. 335 |
| The Human Difference (1999) | p. 342 |
| Punctuated Equilibrium | p. 344 |
| [On Punctuated Equilibrium] (1991) | p. 344 |
| The Great Stasis Debate (1995) | p. 349 |
| Rethinking Taxonomy | p. 356 |
| Darwin's Views of Classification (1999) | p. 356 |
| Cladistic Analysis (1988) | p. 361 |
| [Cladistics in Action: The Origin of Birds and Their Flight] (1998) | p. 363 |
| Evolution as Observable Fact | p. 373 |
| How Natural Selection Operates (1996) | p. 373 |
| Natural Selection and Darwin's Finches (1991) | p. 377 |
| Natural Selection in the Wild (1986) | p. 384 |
| Darwinian Patterns in Social Thought | p. 387 |
| Competition and Cooperation | p. 389 |
| The Vogue of Spencer (1955) | p. 389 |
| The Gospel of Wealth (1900) | p. 396 |
| Mutual Aid (1902) | p. 398 |
| The Arithmetics of Mutual Help (1995) | p. 403 |
| Nature and Nurture | p. 409 |
| Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975) | p. 409 |
| Biological Potentiality vs. Biological Determinism (1977) | p. 415 |
| The New Creationism: Biology under Attack (1997) | p. 420 |
| Evolution and Gender | p. 426 |
| The Woman's Bible (1898) | p. 426 |
| On Becoming Human (1981) | p. 427 |
| Darwin and the Descent of Woman (1983) | p. 436 |
| Woman Red in Tooth and Claw (1989) | p. 444 |
| Evolution and Other Disciplines | p. 450 |
| [On Consilience] (1998) | p. 450 |
| Evolution and the Origins of Disease (1998) | p. 459 |
| How the Mind Works (1997) | p. 465 |
| The Set within the Skull (1997) | p. 477 |
| Darwinian Influences in Philosophy and Ethics | p. 481 |
| The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy (1909) | p. 483 |
| Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Natural Selection as an Algorithmic Process (1995) | p. 489 |
| Darwinian Epistemology (1998) | p. 493 |
| Evolution and Ethics (1893) | p. 501 |
| Evolutionary Ethics (1943) | p. 503 |
| The Evolution of Ethics (1985) | p. 507 |
| Good Natured: The Origin of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals (1996) | p. 511 |
| The Origins of Virtue (1997) | p. 517 |
| Evolutionary Theory and Religious Theory | p. 525 |
| Mainstream Religious Support for Evolution | p. 527 |
| Message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1996) | p. 527 |
| On Creationism in School Textbooks (1984) | p. 529 |
| Evolution and Creationism (1982) | p. 529 |
| [Statement on Evolution] (1965) | p. 531 |
| Resolution on Evolutionism and Creationism (1982) | p. 532 |
| Resolution Opposing "Scientific Creationism" (1982) | p. 533 |
| Fundamentalist Creationism | p. 534 |
| Antievolution and Creationism in the United States (1997) | p. 534 |
| The Scopes Trial (1925) | p. 542 |
| Orthodox Jewish Creationists (2000) | p. 549 |
| [Islamic Creationism] (1997) | p. 551 |
| [A Hare Krishna on Darwinian Evolution] (1977) | p. 553 |
| Tenets of Creationism (1998) | p. 555 |
| Scientific Creationism (1985) | p. 557 |
| Review of Morris (1992) | p. 564 |
| Evolution at the Grass Roots (1998) | p. 569 |
| [Creationism versus Biotechnology] (1998) | p. 569 |
| [The Politics of Creationism] (1998) | p. 570 |
| What Do Christians Really Believe about Evolution? (1998) | p. 572 |
| Seven Significant Court Decisions Regarding Evolution/Creation Issues (1998) | p. 574 |
| Personal Incredulity and Antievolutionism | p. 577 |
| [The Argument from Personal Incredulity] (1987) | p. 577 |
| Darwin on Trial (1991) | p. 581 |
| Review of Johnson (1992) | p. 586 |
| Darwin's Black Box (1996) | p. 592 |
| Review of Behe (1997) | p. 601 |
| Darwin's New Critics on Trial (1998) | p. 605 |
| Scientists' Opposition to Creationism | p. 613 |
| Forced Teaching of Creationist Beliefs in Public School Science Education (1982) | p. 613 |
| Resolution Opposing Creationism in Science Courses (1999) | p. 614 |
| Statement on Teaching Evolution (1998) | p. 615 |
| Frequently Asked Questions about Evolution and the Nature of Science (1998) | p. 617 |
| Fundamentalist Creationism and the Value of Satire | p. 624 |
| Genesis Revisited: A Scientific Creation Story (1998) | p. 625 |
| Darwin's Ark (1984) | p. 627 |
| Darwin and the Literary Mind | p. 631 |
| Darwin's Literary Sensibility | p. 633 |
| Autobiography (1876) | p. 633 |
| Darwin's Humane Reading (1982) | p. 634 |
| Darwin and Pain: Why Science Made Shakespeare Nauseating (1995) | p. 639 |
| Darwin's Plots (1983) | p. 645 |
| Darwin's Influence on Literature | p. 653 |
| Darwin among the Poets (1932) | p. 653 |
| Darwin among the Novelists (1988) | p. 658 |
| The Tragic Fallacy (1929) | p. 664 |
| Modern Tragedy (1956) | p. 667 |
| Darwin-Sightings in Recent Literature (2000) | p. 670 |
| Selected Readings | p. 683 |
| Index | p. 689 |
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