LEADER 03165nam 22006733u 450 001 9910777090703321 005 20230124181546.0 010 $a0-203-36168-7 010 $a1-280-21738-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000002773 035 $a(EBL)180798 035 $a(OCoLC)475888695 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000295865 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11253797 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295865 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10316231 035 $a(PQKB)11580320 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC180798 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000002773 100 $a20130418d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEvolution as a religion$b[electronic resource] $estrange hopes and stranger fears 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge Classics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-203-37846-6 311 $a0-415-27832-5 327 $aFront 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 Awe 327 $a14. 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; Index 330 $aAccording to a profile in The Guardian, Mary Midgley is 'the foremost scourge of scientific pretensions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who feel she sometimes oversteps the mark'. Considered one of Britain's finest philosophers, Midgley exposes the illogical logic of poor doctrines that shelter themselves behind the prestige of science. Always at home when taking on the high priests of evolutionary theory - Dawkins, Wilson and their acolytes - she has famously described evolution as 'the creation-myth of our age'. In Evolution as a Religion, she ex 410 0$aRoutledge Classics 606 $aEvolution 606 $aReligion and science 606 $aReligious aspects 606 $aReligion - General$2HILCC 606 $aReligion$2HILCC 606 $aPhilosophy & Religion$2HILCC 615 4$aEvolution. 615 4$aReligion and science. 615 4$aReligious aspects. 615 7$aReligion - General 615 7$aReligion 615 7$aPhilosophy & Religion 676 $a116 676 $a215 700 $aMidgley$b Mary$f1919-2018.$0850195 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777090703321 996 $aEvolution as a religion$93819128 997 $aUNINA