The meaning of evolution : the morphological construction and ideological reconstruction of Darwin's theory /

The meaning of evolution : the morphological construction and ideological reconstruction of Darwin's theory /

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Author / Creator:Richards, Robert J. (Robert John), 1942-
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1992.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 205 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Science and its conceptual foundations
Science and its conceptual foundations.
Subject:
Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882.
Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882.
Evolution (Biology)
Biological Evolution
Evolution (Biology)
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11206073
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ISBN:9780226712055
0226712052
9780226712024
0226712028
9780226712031
0226712028
0226712036
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.
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Summary:Did Darwin see evolution as progressive, directed toward producing ever more advanced forms of life? Most contemporary scholars say no. In this challenge to prevailing views, Robert J. Richards says yes--and argues that current perspectives on Darwin and his theory are both ideologically motivated and scientifically unsound. This provocative new reading of Darwin goes directly to the origins of evolutionary theory. Unlike most contemporary biologists or historians and philosophers of science, Richards holds that Darwin did concern himself with the idea of progress, or telos, as he constructed hi.
Other form:Print version: Richards, Robert J. (Robert John), 1942- Meaning of evolution. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1992 9780226712031

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