Darwinian evolution /
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| Author / Creator: | Flew, Antony, 1923-2010 |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A. : Transaction Publishers, c1997. |
| Description: | xxii, 149 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social policy and social theory series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3662459 |
Table of Contents:
- I. From Darwin's Origin to Today's Synthetic Theory. 1. Charles Darwin (1809-82). 2. The Argument of The Origin of Species. 3. Blending Variation and/or Saltatory Mutation? 4. Difficulties, Objections and Some Answers
- II. The Philosophical Implications. 1. The Logical Structure and Functions of Darwin's Theory. 2. The Challenge to Religious Assumptions
- III. Social Science, Evolutionary Biology and Sociobiology. 1. Malthus: Powers, Checks and Choice. 2. Making Visible the Invisible Hands. 3. An Atheist Providence Guaranteeing Utopia? 4. The Challenge of Sociobiology
- IV. Progress, Social Darwinism and an Evolutionary Perspective. 1. A Guarantee of Progress? 2. From Is to Ought. 3. Seeing in an Evolutionary Perspective.
