Monad to Man. The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology.

Ruse, Michael.

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Cambridge, Mass., London, Harvard University Press, 1996

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First Harvard University Press edition. 24 cm. X, 628 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Original illustrated hardcover. Excellent condition former library copy (withdrawn). With only very minor signs of external wear. Library number on spine. The idea of evolution: it fascinates some of us, disturbs others, and leaves only a very few people indifferent. In his interpretation of evolutionary theory, Michael Ruse pinpoints the common source of this attraction and discomfort. A writer on evolutionary theory and its history, Ruse has long been sensitive to the fact that many people - and not simply religious enthusiasts - find something touching about much of what passes for science in evolutionary circles. What causes this tension, he finds in his search of evolutionism's 250-year history, is the intimate relationship between evolution and the secular ideology of progress. Ubiquitous in Darwin's time, the idea of an unceasing improvement in life insinuated its way into evolutionary theory from the first. In interviews with today's major figures in evolutionary biology - including Stephen Jay Gould, Edward O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr and John Maynard Smith - and in a look at the discoveries and advances in the history and philosophy of science, Ruse finds this belief just as prevalent in the 1990s - however it might be denied or obscured. His book traces the line between those who argue that science is and must be objective and those who deem science a "social construction" in the fashion of religion or the rest of culture. It offers an account of evolutionary theory, from popular books to museums to the most complex theorizing, at a time when its status as science is under greater scrutiny than ever before. (Amazon).…

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Titre
Monad to Man. The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology.
Auteur
Ruse, Michael.
Éditeur
Cambridge, Mass., London, Harvard University Press
Année de publication
1996
État de l'article
Gut
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0674582209
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780674582200
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