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Mystery of mysteries : is evolution a social construction? / Michael Ruse.
Van Pelt Library QH360.5 .R874 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruse, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Biologists.
- Scientists.
- Evolution (Biology)--History.
- History.
- Science--Philosophy--History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 296 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- With two great popularizers of evolution, this book provides an enlightening inquiry into the nature of science, using evolutionary theory as a case study. 18 line illustrations.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Science Wars 1
- 1 Two Theories of Science / Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn 13
- 2 From Fish to Philosopher / Erasmus Darwin 37
- 3 On the Origin of Species / Charles Darwin 54
- 4 Religion without Revelation / Julian Huxley 81
- 5 Evolution Comes of Age / Theodosius Dobzhansky 100
- 6 Burying the Watchmaker / Richard Dawkins 122
- 7 Speaking Out for Paleontology / Stephen Jay Gould 135
- 8 Adaptation and Its Discontents / Richard Lewontin 153
- 9 Southern Baptist Meets Charles Darwin / Edward O. Wilson 172
- 10 The Professional's Professional / Geoffrey Parker 194
- 11 Crunching the Fossils / Jack Sepkoski 214
- 12 Metaphors and Metavalues: Can Evolution Cut the Mustard? 236
- Epilogue: Terms of Engagement 256.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-275) and index.
- ISBN:
- 067446706X
- OCLC:
- 39887080
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