02924nam 2200577Ia 450 991095316660332120251117115937.00-203-36168-71-280-21738-3(CKB)1000000000002773(EBL)180798(OCoLC)475888695(SSID)ssj0000295865(PQKBManifestationID)11253797(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295865(PQKBWorkID)10316231(PQKB)11580320(MiAaPQ)EBC180798(EXLCZ)99100000000000277320011120d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEvolution as a religion strange hopes and stranger fears /Mary MidgleyRevised ed. /with a new introduction by the author.London Routledge20021 online resource (224 p.)Routledge ClassicsPrevious ed.: London: Methuen, 1985.0-203-37846-6 0-415-27832-5 Front Cover; Copyright Page; Evolution as aReligion; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Routledge Classics Edition; 1. Evolutionary Dramas; 2. Do Science and Religion Compete?; 3. Demarcation Disputes; 4. The Irresistible Escalator; 5. Choosing a World; 6. The Problem of Direction; 7. Scientist and Superscientist; 8. Dazzling Prospects; 9. Black Holes: Jacques Monod and the Isolation of 'Science'; 10. Freedom and the Monte Carlo Drama; 11. Scientific Education and Human Transience; 12. Mixed Antitheses; 13. Science, Scepticism and Awe14. The Service of Self and the Service of Kali15. Who or What is Selfish?; 16. Dreaming and Waking; 17. The Limits of Individualism; 18. The Vulnerable World and its Claims on Us; Notes; IndexAccording to a profile in The Guardian, Mary Midgley is 'the foremost scourge of scientific pretensions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who feel she sometimes oversteps the mark'. Considered one of Britain's finest philosophers, Midgley exposes the illogical logic of poor doctrines that shelter themselves behind the prestige of science. Always at home when taking on the high priests of evolutionary theory - Dawkins, Wilson and their acolytes - she has famously described evolution as 'the creation-myth of our age'. In Evolution as a Religion, she exRoutledge classics.EvolutionReligious aspectsReligion and scienceEvolutionReligious aspects.Religion and science.116215Midgley Mary1919-554950MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953166603321Evolution as a religion4496927UNINA