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Author |
: Samuel Grove |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2021-07-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781793632500 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1793632502 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Retrieving Darwin's Revolutionary Idea by : Samuel Grove
Darwin's discovery of evolution is as celebrated as Galileo's laws of motion or Newton's discovery of gravity. But this was only half the story. Not content to prove that evolution had happened, Darwin sought to convey its full humbling implications. Thus he formulated the theory of natural selection. Contrary to popular belief, this theory ran exactly counter to scientific reason and was consequently rejected by the scientific community of the time. This wasn’t the only reason Darwin’s critics recoiled. His theory robbed the ruling orders of any easy recourse to consolatory tales of nature’s harmony and design. The fate of his ideas, for the time being at least, would be left to the heretics he inspired in other domains. Darwin's radical thought anticipated Nietzsche's Godless philosophy, Marx's class-based economics and Freud's psychological theories of the unconscious. It would take a further 80 years for Darwinism to become accepted as mainstream science, but it came at the expense of its counter-scientific core. For the remainder of the twentieth century a popularized Darwinism would become the touchstone for backlash movements in philosophy, economics and psychology—disciplines he once so radicalized. This is the story of how the most revolutionary idea of the nineteenth century became the most reactionary idea of the twentieth.
Author |
: Daniel C. Dennett |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 596 |
Release |
: 2014-07-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781439126295 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1439126291 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Darwin's Dangerous Idea by : Daniel C. Dennett
In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the theory itself and then extends Darwin's vision with impeccable arguments to their often surprising conclusions, challenging the views of some of the most famous scientists of our day.
Author |
: Brian Ellis |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 36 |
Release |
: 2008-11-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1439216363 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781439216361 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Charles Darwin and His Revolutionary Idea by : Brian Ellis
Storyteller and science teacher, Brian "Fox" Ellis, brings the audience into Darwin's world to build a deeper understanding of the scientific process and engage readers in a discussion of the facts so they can draw their own conclusions.
Author |
: Conor Cunningham |
Publisher |
: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 563 |
Release |
: 2010-12-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780802848383 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0802848389 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Darwin's Pious Idea by : Conor Cunningham
According to British scholar Conor Cunningham, the debate today between religion and evolution has been hijacked by extremists: on one side stand fundamentalist believers who reject evolution outright; on the opposing side are fundamentalist atheists who claim that Darwin s theory rules out the possibility of God. Both sides are dead wrong, argues Cunningham, who is at once a Christian and a firm believer in the theory of evolution. In Darwin s Pious Idea Cunningham puts forth a trenchant, compelling case for both creation and evolution, drawing skillfully on an array of philosophical, theological, historical, and scientific sources to buttress his arguments.
Author |
: Robin Stewart |
Publisher |
: Hyland House Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1864470933 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781864470932 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Charles Darwin's Big Idea by : Robin Stewart
This book is as much about Charles Darwin as it is about his ideas. He had a keen curiosity, an open mind, a great deal of courage and patience, and the capacity to think outside established patterns. He was a man who, by thinking differently, changed our view of natural history. As the relatively young age of twenty-three, Darwin, a compulsive collector, sailed aboard the survey ship HMS Beagle on a five-year voyage into the unknown, in pursuit of answers to some of the many scientific questions of his time. This is the story of his discoveries and conclusion, a story full of ideas and adventure.
Author |
: Ernst Mayr |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 1993-03-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674265882 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674265882 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis One Long Argument by : Ernst Mayr
Evolutionary theory ranks as one of the most powerful concepts of modern civilization. Its effects on our view of life have been wide and deep. One of the most world-shaking books ever published, Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, first appeared in print over 130 years ago, and it touched off a debate that rages to this day. Every modern evolutionist turns to Darwin’s work again and again. Current controversies in the life sciences very often have as their starting point some vagueness in Darwin’s writings or some question Darwin was unable to answer owing to the insufficient biological knowledge available during his time. Despite the intense study of Darwin’s life and work, however, many of us cannot explain his theories (he had several separate ones) and the evidence and reasoning behind them, nor do we appreciate the modifications of the Darwinian paradigm that have kept it viable throughout the twentieth century. Who could elucidate the subtleties of Darwin’s thought and that of his contemporaries and intellectual heirs—A. R. Wallace, T. H. Huxley, August Weismann, Asa Gray—better than Ernst Mayr, a man considered by many to be the greatest evolutionist of the century? In this gem of historical scholarship, Mayr has achieved a remarkable distillation of Charles Darwin’s scientific thought and his enormous legacy to twentieth-century biology. Here we have an accessible account of the revolutionary ideas that Darwin thrust upon the world. Describing his treatise as “one long argument,” Darwin definitively refuted the belief in the divine creation of each individual species, establishing in its place the concept that all of life descended from a common ancestor. He proposed the idea that humans were not the special products of creation but evolved according to principles that operate everywhere else in the living world; he upset current notions of a perfectly designed, benign natural world and substituted in their place the concept of a struggle for survival; and he introduced probability, chance, and uniqueness into scientific discourse. This is an important book for students, biologists, and general readers interested in the history of ideas—especially ideas that have radically altered our worldview. Here is a book by a grand master that spells out in simple terms the historical issues and presents the controversies in a manner that makes them understandable from a modern perspective.
Author |
: Charles Darwin |
Publisher |
: Hayes Barton Press |
Total Pages |
: 520 |
Release |
: 1906 |
ISBN-10 |
: IND:30000138312800 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Voyage of the Beagle by : Charles Darwin
Opmålingsskibet "Beagle"s togt til Sydamerika og videre jorden rundt
Author |
: Michael Ruse |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 366 |
Release |
: 1999-10-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0226731693 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780226731698 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Darwinian Revolution by : Michael Ruse
Prologue p. ix Acknowledgments p. xv 1 Background to the Problem p. 3 2 British Society and the Scientific Community p. 16 3 Beliefs: Geological, Philosophical, and Religious p. 36 4 The Mystery of Mysteries p. 75 5 Ancestors and Archetypes p. 94 6 On the Eve of the Origin p. 132 7 Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species p. 160 8 After the Origin: Science p. 202 9 After the Origin: Philosophy, Religion, and Politics p. 234 10 Overview and Analysis p. 268 Notes p. 275 Bibliography p. 285 Index p. 312.
Author |
: Matthew Rampley |
Publisher |
: Penn State Press |
Total Pages |
: 201 |
Release |
: 2017-01-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780271079004 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0271079002 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Seductions of Darwin by : Matthew Rampley
The surge of evolutionary and neurological analyses of art and its effects raises questions of how art, culture, and the biological sciences influence one another, and what we gain in applying scientific methods to the interpretation of artwork. In this insightful book, Matthew Rampley addresses these questions by exploring key areas where Darwinism, neuroscience, and art history intersect. Taking a scientific approach to understanding art has led to novel and provocative ideas about its origins, the basis of aesthetic experience, and the nature of research into art and the humanities. Rampley’s inquiry examines models of artistic development, the theories and development of aesthetic response, and ideas about brain processes underlying creative work. He considers the validity of the arguments put forward by advocates of evolutionary and neuroscientific analysis, as well as its value as a way of understanding art and culture. With the goal of bridging the divide between science and culture, Rampley advocates for wider recognition of the human motivations that drive inquiry of all types, and he argues that our engagement with art can never be encapsulated in a single notion of scientific knowledge. Engaging and compelling, The Seductions of Darwin is a rewarding look at the identity and development of art history and its complicated ties to the world of scientific thought.
Author |
: David Roger Oldroyd |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 412 |
Release |
: 1980 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X000382246 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Darwinian Impacts by : David Roger Oldroyd