Ruse and the Darwinian Paradigm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9688548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hannah Gay (Simon Fraser University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 143-152 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300013408 |
| OpenAlex | W4233417909 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This collection of essays, written over the past fifteen years by one of the more intrepid defenders of current Darwinian theory, contains material that will be of interest both to historians and philosophers of science and, since Ruse writes well and in an accessible manner, to an even wider audience. A preliminary glance at the contents primes one to expect to be both engaged and provoked; one is not disappointed. The essays include historical speculation on some of the views of Charles Darwin, a defence of human sociobiology and discussion of its feminist critique, punctuated equilibria theory, teleology in biology, extraterrestrial biology and moral theory, the plate tectonic revolution in geology, and the relationship between evolutionary theory and Christian ethics
Charles darwin · Darwin (ADL) · Darwinism · Epistemology · Sociobiology · Speculation · Teleology · Philosophy · Russia and Soviet political economy · Soviet and Russian History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |