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Darwin and design [[electronic resource] ] : does evolution have a purpose? / / Michael Ruse



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Autore: Ruse Michael Visualizza persona
Titolo: Darwin and design [[electronic resource] ] : does evolution have a purpose? / / Michael Ruse Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 371 p. ) : ill
Disciplina: 576.801
Soggetto topico: Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Teleology
Note generali: Originally published: 2003.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Darwin and design  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-674-26690-0
0-674-04301-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778454303321
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