The Cambridge Companion to Darwin

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Michael Jonathan Sessions Hodge, Gregory Radick
Cambridge University Press, 2003 - 486 pages
Pt. I.Darwin's theorising.1.The making of a philosophical naturalist /Phillip R. Sloan --2.The notebook programmes and projects of Darwin's London years /Jonathan Hodge --3.Darwin on generation, pangenesis and sexual selection /Jim Endersby --4.Darwin on mind, morals and emotions /Robert J. Richards --5.The arguments in The origin of species /C. Kenneth Waters --pt. II.Historical contexts.6.Is the theory of natural selection independent of its history? /Gregory Radick --7.Darwin's science and Victorian philosophy of science /David L. Hull --8.Darwin and Victorian Christianity /John Hedley Brooke --9.Darwin, social Darwinism and eugenics /Diane B. Paul --10.From Darwin to today in evolutionary biology /Jean Gayon --pt. III.Philosophical themes.11.Metaphysical and epistemological issues in modern Darwinian theory /Elliott Sober --12.Darwinian concepts in the philosophy of mind /Kim Sterelny --13.Darwinism in moral philosophy and social theory /Alex Rosenberg --14.Belief in God in a Darwinian age /Michael Ruse --pt. IV.Ways forward.15.In Darwin's wake, where am I? /Daniel C. Dennett --16.Ethical expressions : why moralists scowl, frown and smile /Owen Flanagan --17.Giving Darwin his due /Philip Kitcher.
 

Contents

Darwins science and Victorian philosophy of science
168
Darwin and Victorian Christianity
192
Darwin social Darwinism and eugenics
214
From Darwin to today in evolutionary biology
240
Metaphysical and epistemological issues in modern Darwinian theory
267
Darwinian concepts in the philosophy of mind
288
Darwinism in moral philosophy and social theory
310
Belief in God in a Darwinian age
333
In Darwins wake where am I?
357
Ethical expressions why moralists scowl frown and smile
377
Giving Darwin his due
399
Guide to further reading
421
List of references
424
Index
461
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Gregory Radick is Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds.

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