
Darwin and Design : Does Evolution Have a Purpose?.
Title:
Darwin and Design : Does Evolution Have a Purpose?.
Author:
Ruse, Michael.
ISBN:
9780674043015
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (384 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Two Thousand Years of Design -- 2. Paley and Kant Fight Back -- 3. Sowing the Seeds of Evolution -- 4. A Plurality of Problems -- 5. Charles Darwin -- 6. A Subject Too Profound -- 7. Darwinian against Darwinian -- 8. The Century of Evolutionism -- 9. Adaptation in Action -- 10. Theory and Test -- 11. Formalism Redux -- 12. From Function to Design -- 13. Design as Metaphor -- 14. Natural Theology Evolves -- 15. Turning Back the Clock -- Sources and Suggested Reading -- Illustration Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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