LEADER 03928nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910455133403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-04301-4 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674043015 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805553 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050872 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000134915 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11144182 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134915 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10055388 035 $a(PQKB)10249191 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300636 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300636 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10328814 035 $a(OCoLC)870338034 035 $a(DE-B1597)590525 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674043015 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805553 100 $a20021024d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDarwin and design$b[electronic resource] $edoes evolution have a purpose? /$fMichael Ruse 210 $aCambridge, MA ;$aLondon $cHarvard University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (x, 371 p. ) $cill 300 $aOriginally published: 2003. 311 $a0-674-01023-X 311 $a0-674-01631-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface 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 330 $aThis 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. 330 $bThe 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. 606 $aEvolution (Biology)$xPhilosophy 606 $aTeleology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEvolution (Biology)$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aTeleology. 676 $a576.801 700 $aRuse$b Michael$0127879 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455133403321 996 $aDarwin and design$91096412 997 $aUNINA