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Zusatztext "Darwin's influence on philosophy is wide and deep! but not often recognized by professional philosophers! students of philosophy! or general readers. The topics dealt with in Philosophy after Darwin are likely to become even more relevant and important in the future. No other book provides so valuable an introduction! and no other scholar is better qualified to write on Darwin and philosophy than Ruse." -Richard A. Richards! University of Alabama Informationen zum Autor Michael Ruse is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. His many books include Darwinism and Its Discontents and Darwin and Design . Klappentext "In recent years, philosophers have had plenty to say about the relevance of evolutionary thinking to questions about knowledge, rationality, and ethics. This judiciously chosen and wide-ranging set of readings, prefaced by expert introductions from editor Michael Ruse, helps us to understand the current state of play in these debates, and also their historical roots. It is an excellent collection." --Tim Lewens, University of Cambridge "A very appealing volume. Philosophy after Darwin is a very useful addition to the Darwinian literature, one that seeks to increase public awareness and appreciation of the significant role that Darwin and his collaborators and successors have had in shaping both our cultural practices and our theoretical understanding of them." --Michael Bradie, Bowling Green State University "An extremely useful contribution. A collection with the scope and depth of this one on the interrelationship of evolution, epistemology, and ethics has not appeared in a decade. Ruse provides a historical tour of the most influential ideas and arguments that have framed the current investigations. The newly commissioned works included here will push the debate forward." --R. Paul Thompson, University of Toronto "Darwin's influence on philosophy is wide and deep, but not often recognized by professional philosophers, students of philosophy, or general readers. The topics dealt with in Philosophy after Darwin are likely to become even more relevant and important in the future. No other book provides so valuable an introduction, and no other scholar is better qualified to write on Darwin and philosophy than Ruse." --Richard A. Richards, University of Alabama Zusammenfassung An anthology of essential writings that cover some of the most influential ideas about the philosophical implications of Darwinism, since the publication of "On the Origin of Species". Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I. Epistemology after Darwin 13 HERBERT SPENCER: The Principles of Psychology 29 FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE: The Gay Science 32 CHAUNCEY WRIGHT: The Evolution of Self- Consciousness 34 CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE: The Fixation of Belief 39 WILLIAM JAMES: Great Men! Great Thoughts! and the Environment 49 JOHN DEWEY: The Influence of Darwinism on Philosophy 55 Part II. Ethics after Darwin 63 CHARLES DARWIN: The Descent of Man 77 HERBERT SPENCER: The Data of Ethics 103 WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER: The Challenge of Facts 113 ANDREW CARNEGIE: The Gospel of Wealth 122 KARL PEARSON: Socialism 128 PRINCE PETR KROPOTKIN: Mutual Aid 130 ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE: Human Progress: Past and Future 133 FRIEDRICH VON BERNHARDI: The Right to Make War 134 JACK LONDON: The Call of the Wild 137 G. E. MOORE: Principia Ethica: Naturalistic Ethics 141 THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY: Evolution and Ethics 152 Part III. The Evolution of Ideas 155 KARL POPPER: Darwinism as a Metaphysical Research Programme 167 THOMAS KUHN: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 176 STEPHEN TOULMIN: The Evolutionary Development of Natural Science 177 DANIEL C. DENNETT: Memes and the Exploitation of Imagination 189 BRUCE...
