The evolution of Darwinism : selection, adaptation, and progress in evolutionary biology - Shanahan, Timothy, 1960- (Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004)
Part I. Selection: Darwin and natural selection -- The group selection controversy -- For whose good does natural selection work? -- Part II. Adaptation: Darwin (and others) on biological perfection -- Adaptation after Darwin -- Adaptation(ism) and its limits -- Part III. Progress: Darwin on evolutionary progress -- Evolutionary progress from Darwin to Dawkins -- Is evolution progressive? -- Human physical and mental evolution.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-338) and index.
Keywords: Evolution (Biology) -- History; Natural selection -- History; Adaptation (Biology) -- History; Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy; Natural selection -- Philosophy; Adaptation (Biology) -- Philosophy; Evolution; Selection (Genetics); Adaptation, Biological; Philosophy