Tim Lewens
Routledge
Hardback
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38991
Beginning with an overview of Darwin?s life and work, the subsequent chapters discuss the full range of fundamental philosophical topics from a Darwinian perspective. These include natural selection, the origin and nature of species, the role of evidence in scientific enquiry, the theory of Intelligent Design, evolutionary approaches to the human mind, the implications of Darwin?s work for ethics and epistemology, and the question of how social and political thought needs to be updated in the light of a Darwinian understanding of human nature. A concluding chapter assesses the philosophical legacy of Darwin?s thought.
Routledge
Hardback
289
38991
Beginning with an overview of Darwin?s life and work, the subsequent chapters discuss the full range of fundamental philosophical topics from a Darwinian perspective. These include natural selection, the origin and nature of species, the role of evidence in scientific enquiry, the theory of Intelligent Design, evolutionary approaches to the human mind, the implications of Darwin?s work for ethics and epistemology, and the question of how social and political thought needs to be updated in the light of a Darwinian understanding of human nature. A concluding chapter assesses the philosophical legacy of Darwin?s thought.