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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      18 December 2009
      15 March 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511616686
      9780521834131
      9780521541985
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511616686
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.598kg, 354 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.471kg, 352 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Philosophy of Science, History, Philosophy, History of Science: General Interest
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    No other scientific theory has had as tremendous an impact on our understanding of the world as Darwin's theory as outlined in his Origin of Species, yet from the very beginning the theory has been subject to controversy. The Evolution of Darwinism, first published in 2004, focuses on three issues of debate - the nature of selection, the nature and scope of adaptation, and the question of evolutionary progress. It traces the varying interpretations to which these issues were subjected from the beginning and the fierce contemporary debates that still rage on and explores their implications for the greatest questions of all: Where we come from, who we are and where we might be heading. Written in a clear and non-technical style, this book will be of use as a textbook for students in the philosophy of science who need to become familiar with the background to the debates about evolution.

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    "This is a thoughtful and clearly written book that serves as a fine introduction to the ways in which evolutionary thought has itself evolved since the time of Darwin. I learned a lot from it, and I feel confident that anybody who is fascinated by these centrally important ideas will also take something useful away from it." Bioscience, Chrisopher Wills, UC San Diego

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