03955nam 2200625Ia 450 991082061100332120240416152119.00-674-26690-00-674-04301-410.4159/9780674043015(CKB)1000000000805553(StDuBDS)AH23050872(SSID)ssj0000134915(PQKBManifestationID)11144182(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134915(PQKBWorkID)10055388(PQKB)10249191(Au-PeEL)EBL3300636(CaPaEBR)ebr10328814(OCoLC)870338034(DE-B1597)590525(DE-B1597)9780674043015(MiAaPQ)EBC3300636(OCoLC)1294426014(EXLCZ)99100000000080555320021024d2003 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrDarwin and design does evolution have a purpose? /Michael Ruse1st ed.Cambridge, MA ;London Harvard University Press20031 online resource (x, 371 p. ) illOriginally published: 2003.0-674-01023-X 0-674-01631-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 IndexThis 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.The intricate forms of living things bespeak design, and thus a creator: nearly 150 years after Darwin's theory of natural selection called this argument into question, we still speak of life in terms of design--the function of the eye, the purpose of the webbed foot, the design of the fins. Why is the "argument from design" so tenacious, and does Darwinism--itself still evolving after all these years--necessarily undo it? The definitive work on these contentious questions, Darwin and Design surveys the argument from design from its introduction by the Greeks, through the coming of Darwinism, down to the present day. In clear, non-technical language Michael Ruse, a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism, offers a full and fair assessment of the status of the argument from design in light of both the advances of modern evolutionary biology and the thinking of today's philosophers--with special attention given to the supporters and critics of "intelligent design." The first comprehensive history and exposition of Western thought about design in the natural world, this important work suggests directions for our thinking as we move into the twenty-first century. A thoroughgoing guide to a perennially controversial issue, the book makes its own substantial contribution to the ongoing debate about the relationship between science and religion, and between evolution and its religious critics.Evolution (Biology)PhilosophyTeleologyEvolution (Biology)Philosophy.Teleology.576.801Ruse Michael127879MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820611003321Darwin and design1096412UNINA