Before And After Darwin

Author : M.J.S. Hodge
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000939262

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Before and After Darwin by M.J.S. Hodge Pdf

This is the first of a pair of volumes by Jonathan Hodge, collecting all his most innovative, revisionist and influential papers on Charles Darwin and on the longer run of theories about origins and species from ancient times to the present. The focus in this volume is on the diversity of theories among such pre-Darwinian authors as Lamarck and Whewell, and on developments in the theory of natural selection since Darwin. Plato's Timaeus, the Biblical Genesis and any current textbook of evolutionary biology are all, it may well seem, on this same enduring topic: origins and species. However, even among classical authors, there were fundamental disagreements: the ontology and cosmogony of the Greek atomists were deeply opposed to Plato's; and, in the millennia since, the ontological and cosmogonical contexts for theories about origins and species have never settled into any unifying consensus. While the structure of Darwinian theory may be today broadly what it was in Darwin's own argumentation, controversy continues over the old issues about order, chance, necessity and purpose in the living world and the wider universe as a whole. The historical and philosophical papers collected in this volume, and in the companion volume devoted to Darwin's theorising, seek to clarify the major continuities and discontinuities in the long run of thinking about origins and species.

Author : Michael Jonathan Sessions Hodge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 1003417477

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Before and After Darwin by Michael Jonathan Sessions Hodge Pdf

This is the first of a pair of volumes by Jonathan Hodge, collecting all his most innovative, revisionist and influential papers on Charles Darwin and on the longer run of theories about origins and species from ancient times to the present. The focus in this volume is on the diversity of theories among such pre-Darwinian authors as Lamarck and Whewell, and on developments in the theory of natural selection since Darwin. Plato's Timaeus, the Biblical Genesis and any current textbook of evolutionary biology are all, it may well seem, on this same enduring topic: origins and species. However, even among classical authors, there were fundamental disagreements: the ontology and cosmogony of the Greek atomists were deeply opposed to Plato's; and, in the millennia since, the ontological and cosmogonical contexts for theories about origins and species have never settled into any unifying consensus. While the structure of Darwinian theory may be today broadly what it was in Darwin's own argumentation, controversy continues over the old issues about order, chance, necessity and purpose in the living world and the wider universe as a whole. The historical and philosophical papers collected in this volume, and in the companion volume devoted to Darwin's theorising, seek to clarify the major continuities and discontinuities in the long run of thinking about origins and species.

Author : Michael Shermer
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781429900904

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Why Darwin Matters by Michael Shermer Pdf

A creationist-turned-scientist demonstrates the facts of evolution and exposes Intelligent Design's real agenda Science is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and "Intelligent Design" campaigns are gaining ground. Classroom by classroom, creationism is overthrowing biology. In Why Darwin Matters, bestselling author Michael Shermer explains how the newest brand of creationism appeals to our predisposition to look for a designer behind life's complexity. Shermer decodes the scientific evidence to show that evolution is not "just a theory" and illustrates how it achieves the design of life through the bottom-up process of natural selection. Shermer, once an evangelical Christian and a creationist, argues that Intelligent Design proponents are invoking a combination of bad science, political antipathy, and flawed theology. He refutes their pseudoscientific arguments and then demonstrates why conservatives and people of faith can and should embrace evolution. He then appraises the evolutionary questions that truly need to be settled, building a powerful argument for science itself. Cutting the politics away from the facts, Why Darwin Matters is an incisive examination of what is at stake in the debate over evolution.

Author : Keith Stewart Thomson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 030012600X

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Before Darwin by Keith Stewart Thomson Pdf

Scientists and thologians had long been debating the religious implicaitons of evolutionary theory when Darwin announced his theory of natural selection.

Author : Robert Edward David Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036901986

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Darwin, Before and After by Robert Edward David Clark Pdf

Author : Robert Edward David Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Evolution
ISBN : OCLC:1057748769

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Darwin, Before and After by Robert Edward David Clark Pdf

Author : Tom McIver
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0786440635

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Anti-Evolution by Tom McIver Pdf

Opposition to evolution is broad and deep-seated. Interestingly, many of the arguments flatly contradict one another. In this reference work, more than 1,850 books, pamphlets, and tracts are given lengthy, nonpolemical annotations summarizing content and identifying doctrines or theories. Notes on format, the background of the author, and the context of the publication are included.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0872202852

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On Evolution by Charles Darwin Pdf

Offers an introduction that presents Darwin's theory. This title includes excerpts from Darwin's correspondence, commenting on the work in question, and its significance, impact, and reception.

Author : Angelique Richardson
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789401209984

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After Darwin: Animals, Emotions, and the Mind by Angelique Richardson Pdf

‘What is emotion?’ pondered the young Charles Darwin in his notebooks. How were the emotions to be placed in an evolutionary framework? And what light might they shed on human-animal continuities? These were among the questions Darwin explored in his research, assisted both by an acute sense of observation and an extraordinary capacity for fellow feeling, not only with humans but with all animal life. After Darwin: Animals, Emotions, and the Mind explores questions of mind, emotion and the moral sense which Darwin opened up through his research on the physical expression of emotions and the human–animal relation. It also examines the extent to which Darwin’s ideas were taken up by Victorian writers and popular culture, from George Eliot to the Daily News. Bringing together scholars from biology, literature, history, psychology, psychiatry and paediatrics, the volume provides an invaluable reassessment of Darwin’s contribution to a new understanding of the moral sense and emotional life, and considers the urgent scientific and ethical implications of his ideas today.

Author : George John Romanes
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465505545

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Darwin and After Darwin: An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions of Heredity and Utility (Complete) by George John Romanes Pdf

Several years ago Lord Rosebery founded, in the University of Edinburgh, a lectureship on “The Philosophy of Natural History,” and I was invited by the Senatus to deliver the lectures. This invitation I accepted, and subsequently constituted the material of my lectures the foundation of another course, which was given in the Royal Institution, under the title “Before and after Darwin.” Here the course extended over three years—namely from 1888 to 1890. The lectures for 1888 were devoted to the history of biology from the earliest recorded times till the publication of the “Origin of Species” in 1859; the lectures for 1889 dealt with the theory of organic evolution up to the date of Mr. Darwin’s death, in 1882; while those of the third year discussed the further developments of this theory from that date till the close of the course in 1890.

Author : Robert Edward David Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Evolution
ISBN : OCLC:706651050

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Darwin by Robert Edward David Clark Pdf

Author : Stephen C. Barton,David Wilkinson (Rev. Dr.)
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780195383362

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Reading Genesis After Darwin by Stephen C. Barton,David Wilkinson (Rev. Dr.) Pdf

First, the authors explore how the scriptures were interpreted before the time of Darwin. Part II presents essays on the real history of the Darwin controversies, exploding the myths about this period. The final chapter deals with the rise of creationism in its current social context.

Author : Bill Jenkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 1474445780

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Evolution Before Darwin by Bill Jenkins Pdf

It was long believed that evolutionary theories received an almost universally cold reception in British natural history circles in the first half of the nineteenth century. However, a relatively recently serious doubt has been cast on this assumption. This book shows that Edinburgh in the late 1820s and early 1830s was witness to a ferment of radical new ideas on the natural world, including speculation on the origin and evolution of life, at just the time when Charles Darwin was a student in the city. Those who were students in Edinburgh at the time could have hardly avoided coming into contact with these new ideas. This book is the first major study of what was probably the most important centre or pre-Darwinian evolutionary thought in the British Isles. It sheds new light on the genesis and development of one of the most important scientific theories in the history of western thought.

Author : National Academy of Sciences
Publisher : Sackler Colloquium
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015073872999

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In the Light of Evolution by National Academy of Sciences Pdf

The Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences address scientific topics of broad and current interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Each year, four or five such colloquia are scheduled, typically two days in length and international in scope. Colloquia are organized by a member of the Academy, often with the assistance of an organizing committee, and feature presentations by leading scientists in the field and discussions with a hundred or more researchers with an interest in the topic. Colloquia presentations are recorded and posted on the National Academy of Sciences Sackler colloquia website and published on CD-ROM. These Colloquia are made possible by a generous gift from Mrs. Jill Sackler, in memory of her husband, Arthur M. Sackler.

Author : Robert E. D. Clark
Publisher : Paternoster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Evolutin (biology)
ISBN : 0853640157

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Darwin: Before and After by Robert E. D. Clark Pdf