Darwin and design : does evolution have a purpose? / Michael Ruse.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.Description: x, 371 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 067401023X
  • 0674016319
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH360.5 R867 2003
Contents:
Two thousand years of design -- Paley and Kant fight back -- Sowing the seeds of evolution -- A plurality of problems -- Charles Darwin -- A subject too profound -- Darwinian against Darwinian -- The century of evolutionism -- Adaptation in action -- Theory and test -- Formalism redux -- From function to design -- Design as metaphor -- Natural theology evolves -- Turning back the clock.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-357) and index.

Two thousand years of design -- Paley and Kant fight back -- Sowing the seeds of evolution -- A plurality of problems -- Charles Darwin -- A subject too profound -- Darwinian against Darwinian -- The century of evolutionism -- Adaptation in action -- Theory and test -- Formalism redux -- From function to design -- Design as metaphor -- Natural theology evolves -- Turning back the clock.

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