Book Description
A theoretical study dealing chiefly with matters of definition and clarification of terms and concepts involved in using Darwinian notions to model social phenomena.
Author : Geoffrey M. Hodgson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 15,65 MB
Release : 2010-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0226346900
A theoretical study dealing chiefly with matters of definition and clarification of terms and concepts involved in using Darwinian notions to model social phenomena.
Author : Frank N. Egerton
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 13,92 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Creation
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Author : Dov Ospovat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 31,17 MB
Release : 1995-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521469401
In this highly acclaimed book, Ospovat shows that Darwin's views changed radically from his first formulation of evolution to the publication of the full theory in 1859.
Author : Adrian J. Desmond
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 34,49 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393311501
In lively and accessible style, the authors tell how Darwin came to his world-changing conclusions and how he kept his thoughts secret for twenty years. Hailed as the definitive biography, this book explains Darwin's paradox and offers a window on Victorian science, theology, and mores. Contains a wealth of new information and 90 photographs.
Author : Michael Ruse
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 28,15 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674016316
In clear, non-technical language, Ruse offers a full and fair assessment of the status of the argument from design in light of both the advances of modern evolutionary biology and the thinking of today’s philosophers—with special attention given to the supporters and critics of “intelligent design.”
Author : Daniel C. Dennett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 35,44 MB
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1439126291
In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the theory itself and then extends Darwin's vision with impeccable arguments to their often surprising conclusions, challenging the views of some of the most famous scientists of our day.
Author : Curtis N. Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 16,2 MB
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 0190882948
Charles Darwin's "Historical Sketch" has appeared as a preface to nearly every authorized edition of Darwin's Origin of Species since the second English edition was published in 1860. The "Historical Sketch" provides a brief history of opinion about the species question as a prelude to Darwin's own independent contribution to the subject, but its provenance is somewhat obscure. While some previous thinkers anticipated portions of Darwin's theory long before he did, none of them saw the complete picture as clearly as Darwin. As such, he was able to claim originality and priority for the idea that has transformed our understanding of nature. His "Historical Sketch" was written as an attempt to address these issues. Some things are known about its production, such as when it first appeared and what changes were made to it between its first appearance in 1860 and its final form in 1866. Other questions remain unanswered. How did it evolve in Darwin's mind? Why did he write it at all? What did he think he was accomplishing by prefacing it to Origin of Species? Curtis Johnson approaches these questions, offering some clarity on the originality of Darwin's work. Darwin's "Historical Sketch" is the first comprehensive study of Darwin's "Preface" to Origin of Species. Johnson conveys the pressure Darwin felt from friends and other correspondents to showcase the originality of his theory, and he tackles questions of originality by carefully examining the 35 authors Darwin referenced in this monumental text.
Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher :
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 14,55 MB
Release : 1868
Category :
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Author : A. C. Seward
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 1050 pages
File Size : 32,54 MB
Release : 2023-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3387014864
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author : Frances J. Latchford
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : pages
File Size : 49,7 MB
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0773557997
What personal truths reside in biological ties that are absent in adoptive ties? And why do we think adoptive and biological ties are essentially different when it comes to understanding who we are? At a time when interest in DNA and ancestry is exploding, Frances Latchford questions the idea that knowing one's bio-genealogy is integral to personal identity or a sense of family and belonging. Upending our established values and beliefs about what makes a family, Steeped in Blood examines the social and political devaluation of adoptive ties. It takes readers on an intellectual journey through accepted wisdom about adoption, twins, kinship, and incest, and challenges our naturalistic and individualistic assumptions about identity and the biological ties that bind us, sometimes violently, to our families. Latchford exposes how our desire for bio-genealogical knowledge, understood as it is by family and adoption experts, pathologizes adoptees by posing the biological tie as a necessary condition for normal identity formation. Rejecting the idea that a love of the self-same is fundamental to family bonds, her book is a reaction to the wounds families suffer whenever they dare to revel in their difference. A rejoinder to rhetoric that defines adoptees, adoptive kin, and their family intimacies as inferior and inauthentic, Steeped in Blood's view through the lens of critical adoption studies decentres our cultural obsession with the biological family imaginary and makes real the possibility of being family in the absence of blood.