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The Cambridge companion to Darwin / edited by Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge companions to philosophyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 548 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521884754
  • 0521884756
  • 9780521711845 (pbk.)
  • 0521711843 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.8092 22
LOC classification:
  • QH31.D2 C185 2009
Contents:
Introduction / Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick -- Part I. Darwin's Theorising -- The making of a philosophical naturalist / Phillip R. Sloan -- The notebook programmes and projects of Darwin's London years / Jonathan Hodge -- Darwin on generation, pangenesis and sexual selection / Jim Endersby -- Darwin on mind, morals and emotions / Robert J. Richards -- The arguments in the Origin of Species / C. Kenneth Waters -- Part II. Historical Contexts -- Is the theory of natural selection independent of its history? / Gregory Radick -- Darwin's science and Victorian philosophy of science / David L. Hull -- Darwin and Victorian Christianity / John Hedley Brooke -- Darwin, social Darwinism and eugenics / Diane B. Paul -- The place of Darwin's theories in the intellectual long run / Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick -- Part III. Current Issues -- From Darwin to today in evolutionary biology / Jean Gayon -- Metaphysical and epistemological issues in modern Darwinian theory / Elliott Sober -- Darwinian concepts in the philosophy of mind / Kim Sterelny -- Darwinism in moral philosophy and social theory / Alex Rosenberg -- Belief in God in a Darwinian age / Michael Ruse -- Part IV. Philosophical Prospects -- In Darwin's wake, where am I? / Daniel C. Dennett -- Ethical expressions: why moralists scowl, frown and smile / Owen Flanagan -- Is human nature natural? / Simon Blackburn -- Giving Darwin his due / Philip Kitcher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-520) and index.

Introduction / Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick -- Part I. Darwin's Theorising -- The making of a philosophical naturalist / Phillip R. Sloan -- The notebook programmes and projects of Darwin's London years / Jonathan Hodge -- Darwin on generation, pangenesis and sexual selection / Jim Endersby -- Darwin on mind, morals and emotions / Robert J. Richards -- The arguments in the Origin of Species / C. Kenneth Waters -- Part II. Historical Contexts -- Is the theory of natural selection independent of its history? / Gregory Radick -- Darwin's science and Victorian philosophy of science / David L. Hull -- Darwin and Victorian Christianity / John Hedley Brooke -- Darwin, social Darwinism and eugenics / Diane B. Paul -- The place of Darwin's theories in the intellectual long run / Jonathan Hodge and Gregory Radick -- Part III. Current Issues -- From Darwin to today in evolutionary biology / Jean Gayon -- Metaphysical and epistemological issues in modern Darwinian theory / Elliott Sober -- Darwinian concepts in the philosophy of mind / Kim Sterelny -- Darwinism in moral philosophy and social theory / Alex Rosenberg -- Belief in God in a Darwinian age / Michael Ruse -- Part IV. Philosophical Prospects -- In Darwin's wake, where am I? / Daniel C. Dennett -- Ethical expressions: why moralists scowl, frown and smile / Owen Flanagan -- Is human nature natural? / Simon Blackburn -- Giving Darwin his due / Philip Kitcher.

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