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  • Ruminating on Ruse

    Key Themes in the Evolutionary Naturalism of Michael Ruse

    by Robert J. Richards ...
    Philosopher of biology Michael Ruse (1940-2024) was a leading voice in the "science and religion" debates of our times. While himself a "nonbeliever," he contended that an informed and intelligent person can be perfectly "religious," even in this age of science. He argued for a "middle" position with regard to matters of faith and science, particularly with respect to evolutionary biology. Ruse ... Read more

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  • Debating Darwin

    by Robert J. Richards, Michael Ruse ...
    Two evolutionists debate the intellectual roots of Darwin's theories, drawing connections to German Romanticism, the Scottish Enlightenment, and more.Charles Darwin is an icon of modern science, and his theory of evolution is commonly referenced by scientists and nonscientists alike. Yet there is a surprising amount we don't know about the father of modern evolutionary thinking, his intellectual ... Read more

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  • The Romantic Conception of Life

    Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe

    by Robert J. Richards ...
    "All art should become science and all science art; poetry and philosophy should be made one." Friedrich Schlegel's words perfectly capture the project of the German Romantics, who believed that the aesthetic approaches of art and literature could reveal patterns and meaning in nature that couldn't be uncovered through rationalistic philosophy and science alone. In this wide-ranging work, Robert J ... Read more

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  • The Tragic Sense of Life

    Ernst Haeckel and the Struggle over Evolutionary Thought

    by Robert J. Richards ...
    Prior to the First World War, more people learned of evolutionary theory from the voluminous writings of Charles Darwin's foremost champion in Germany, Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), than from any other source, including the writings of Darwin himself. But, with detractors ranging from paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould to modern-day creationists and advocates of intelligent design, Haeckel is better ... Read more

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  • Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior

    by Robert J. Richards ...
    With insight and wit, Robert J. Richards focuses on the development of evolutionary theories of mind and behavior from their first distinct appearance in the eighteenth century to their controversial state today. Particularly important in the nineteenth century were Charles Darwin's ideas about instinct, reason, and morality, which Richards considers against the background of Darwin's personality, ... Read more

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  • Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions at Fifty

    Reflections on a Science Classic

    Edited by Robert J. Richards, Lorraine Daston ...
    Thomas S. Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was a watershed event when it was published in 1962, upending the previous understanding of science as a slow, logical accumulation of facts and introducing, with the concept of the "paradigm shift," social and psychological considerations into the heart of the scientific process. More than fifty years after its publication, Kuhn's work ... Read more

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  • Was Hitler a Darwinian?

    Disputed Questions in the History of Evolutionary Theory

    by Robert J. Richards ...
    In tracing the history of Darwin’s accomplishment and the trajectory of evolutionary theory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most scholars agree that Darwin introduced blind mechanism into biology, thus banishing moral values from the understanding of nature. According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior, ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Ethics

    Edited by Michael Ruse, Robert J. Richards ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Philosophy
    Evolutionary ethics - the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification - began in the nineteenth century with the work of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, but was subsequently criticized as an example of the naturalistic fallacy. In recent decades, however, evolutionary ethics has found new support among both the Darwinian and the Spencerian traditions. This accessible ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to the 'Origin of Species'

    by Robert J. Richards ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is universally recognised as one of the most important science books ever written. The Origin of Species is also a work of great cultural and religious significance, in that Darwin maintained that all organisms, including humans, are part of a natural process of growth from simple forms. This Companion commemorates the 150th anniversary of the publication of ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Evaluation and Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

    Edited by Nils R. Varney, Richard J. Roberts ...
    Moving beyond the debate over whether and to what degree mild head injury has lasting neuropsychological sequelae, this book is predicated on the assumption that it does cause some problems in some circumstances for some people. It focuses on the practical questions of who is injured, how injuries manifest themselves, and what evaluation and treatment strategies are optimal, for families as well ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

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  • The Reluctant Mr. Darwin

    An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution

    by David Quammen ...
    Series series Great Discoveries
    "Quammen brilliantly and powerfully re-creates the 19th century naturalist's intellectual and spiritual journey."--Los Angeles Times Book ReviewTwenty-one years passed between Charles Darwin's epiphany that "natural selection" formed the basis of evolution and the scientist's publication of On the Origin of Species. Why did Darwin delay, and what happened during the course of those two decades? ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

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  • Darwin

    Portrait of a Genius

    by Paul Johnson ...
    Eminent historian Paul Johnson provides a rich, succinct portrait of Charles DarwinCharles Darwin is arguably the most influential scientist of all time. His Origin of Species forever changed our concept of the world’s creation.Darwin’s revolutionary career is the perfect vehicle for historian Paul Johnson. Marked by the insightful observation, spectacular wit, and highly readable prose for which ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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