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UNINA9910968615103321 |
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Autore |
Ruse Michael |
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Titolo |
Darwin and design : does evolution have a purpose? / / Michael Ruse |
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Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2003 |
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9780674266902 |
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9780674043015 |
0674043014 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 371 p. ) : ill |
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Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy |
Teleology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2003. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preface Introduction 1. Two Thousand Years of Design 2. Paley and Kant Fight Back 3. Sowing the Seeds of Evolution 4. A Plurality of Problems 5. Charles Darwin 6. A Subject Too Profound 7. Darwinian against Darwinian 8. The Century of Evolutionism 9. Adaptation in Action 10. Theory and Test 11. Formalism Redux 12. From Function to Design 13. Design as Metaphor 14. Natural Theology Evolves 15. Turning Back the Clock Sources and Suggested Reading Illustration Credits Acknowledgments Index |
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This history and exposition of Western thought about design in the natural world suggests directions for our thinking as we move into the 21st century. It contributes to the debate about the relationship between science and religion, and between evolution and its religious critics. |
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UNINA9910964229703321 |
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Titolo |
The sociology of art : a reader / / edited by Jeremy Tanner |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
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1-134-39329-6 |
1-134-39330-X |
0-415-30884-4 |
1-280-04925-1 |
0-203-63364-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and index. |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Karl Marx; 2 Max Weber; 3 Georg Simmel; 4 Emile Durkheim; 5 Raymond Williams; 6 Howard S. Becker; 7 Pierre Bourdieu; 8 Arnold Hauser; 9 Natalie Heinich; 10 Norbert Elias; 11 David Brain; 12 Jürgen Habermas; 13 Pierre Bourdieu; 14 Paul DiMaggio; 15 Vera L. Zolberg; 16 Karl Mannheim; 17 Robert Witkin; 18 Talcott Parsons; References; Index; |
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Provides students with an introduction to the fundamental theories and debates in the sociology of art, using extracts from the core foundational and most influential contemporary writers in the field. |
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