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Debating Darwin / Robert J. Richards and Michael Ruse.
| Author/creator | Richards, Robert J., 1942- author. |
| Other author | Ruse, Michael author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Chicago : The University of Chicago, [2016] |
| Copyright Date | ©2016 |
| Description | 1 online resource (336 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Click to View |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Charles Darwin: great Briton. Prologue ; Britain before Darwin ; A child of his class ; Evolution and natural selection ; On the origin of species ; Humans ; Envoi -- Charles Darwin: cosmopolitan thinker. Introduction ; Sketch of Darwin's life and works ; Literature of significance for Darwin: romanticism and natural theology ; The romantic foundations of Darwin's theory ; Darwin's scientific theology ; Darwin's construction of his theory ; Man, the moral animal ; Conclusion -- Response to Ruse. The language of metaphor ; Teleology ; Evolutionary development as progressive ; Individual versus group selection ; The evolution of morality ; Conclusion -- Reply to Richards. Levels of selection ; Embryology ; The romantic influence ; Alexander von Humboldt ; Paradise lost -- Epilogue -- History of evolutionary biology since the origin of species -- Human consciousness -- Religion and god. |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Richards, Robert J. Debating Darwin. Chicago : The University of Chicago, [2016] 9780226384429 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780226384399 (e-book) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |