Darwin's Philosophical Legacy - The Good and the Not-so-good

Informationen zum Autor Gerard M. Verschuuren is a human geneticist who also earned a doctorate in the philosophy of science. He has studied and worked at universities in Europe and the United States. Currently semi-retired, he spends most of his time as a writer, speaker, and consultant on the interface of science and religion, faith and reason. Klappentext There is hardly any university, college, or even high school left where they do not teach Darwinism-and rightly so. Yet, most of these places do more preaching than teaching. They teach more than they should, and at the same time, they teach less than they should.This book wants to evaluate Darwin's legacy from a philosophical viewpoint by trying to analyze the strong points as well as the weak points of what came to be known as neo-Darwinism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Selection Filter: The Good LegacyChapter 2: Selection Filter? A Not-So-Good LegacyChapter 3: Heredity: The Good LegacyChapter 4: Heredity? A Not-So-Good LegacyChapter 5: Reductionism: The Good LegacyChapter 6: Reductionism? A Not-So-Good LegacyChapter 7: Unified Theory: The Good LegacyChapter 8: Unified Theory? A Not-So-Good Legacy Chapter 9: Randomness: The Good LegacyChapter 10: Randomness? A Not-So-Good LegacyChapter 11: No Purpose: The Good LegacyChapter 12: No Purpose? A Not-So-Good LegacyChapter 13: No Designer: The Good LegacyChapter 14: No Designer? A Not-So-Good LegacyChapter 15: Gradualism: The Good LegacyChapter 16: Gradualism? A Not-So-Good LegacyChapter 17: No Thresholds: The Good LegacyChapter 18: No Thresholds? A Not-So-Good Legacy

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• Authors: G. M. N. Verschuuren, Gerard M. Verschuuren, Gerard M. Dr Verschuuren, Verschuuren Gerard M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2012
• EAN: 9780739175200
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7520-0
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Evolution / Evolutionary biology