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11The Darwinian RevolutionCambridge University Press. 2019.What is the Darwinian revolution and why is it important for philosophers? These are the questions tackled in this Element. In four sections, the topics covered are the story of the revolution, the question of whether it really was a revolution, the nature of the revolution, and the implications for philosophy, both epistemology and ethics.
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4The Problem of War argues that the different perspectives of Christians and Darwinians on the nature and causes of warfare reveal them to be playing the same game, offering not so much scientific or empirical explanations but rival value-laden analyses, suggesting we have less a science-religion conflict and more one between two rival religious visions - Christianity and a form of secular Darwinian humanism.
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24Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology, and Human NatureHastings Center Report 14 (6): 42. 1984.Book reviewed in this article: Not In Our Genes: Biology, Ideology, and Human Nature. By R. C. Lewontin, Steven Rose, and Leon J. Kamin.
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41Abusing Science: The Case against Creationism. Philip KitcherPhilosophy of Science 51 (2): 348-354. 1984.Several years ago, I was asked to participate in a forum on evolution. Flattered, I accepted, only discovering later that I was to participate in a “debate”, involving me and a scientist squaring off against two Creationists, Henry M. Morris and Duane T. Gish. The topic for discussion was which doctrine has the greatest scientific merit: organic evolution through natural processes set against the background of a very old earth, or special instantaneous appearance of all organisms, about 6000 yea…Read more
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7Religion, Misallodoxy and the Teaching of Evolution: The Influence of Michael MatthewsScience & Education 24 (7-8): 815-820. 2015.
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12Teaching the Classics: The Origin of Species as a Case StudyScience & Education 22 (9): 2255-2265. 2013.
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14Science and the Humanities: Stephen Jay Gould’s Quest to Join the High TableScience & Education 22 (9): 2317-2326. 2013.
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8David N. Reznick’s The “Origin” Then and Now: An Interpretive Guide to the “Origin of Species”: A PrécisScience & Education 22 (9): 2295-2316. 2013.
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8Darwinism Then and Now: The Divide Over Form and FunctionScience & Education 19 (4-5): 367-389. 2010.
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29The Christian's dilemma: Organicism or mechanism?Zygon 52 (2): 442-467. 2017.Is organicism inherently Christian-friendly, and for that matter, is mechanism inherently religion nonfriendly? They have tended to be, but the story is much more complicated. The long history of the intertwined metaphors of nature taken as an organism, versus that of nature as a machine, reveals that both metaphors have flourished in the endeavors of philosophers, scientists, and persons of faith alike. Different kinds of Christians have been receptive to both organicist and mechanistic models,…Read more
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5On Faith and ScienceYale University Press. 2017.Throughout history, scientific discovery has clashed with religious dogma, creating conflict, controversy, and sometimes violent dispute. In this enlightening and accessible volume, distinguished historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Edward Larson and Michael Ruse, philosopher of science and Gifford Lecturer, offer their distinctive viewpoints on the sometimes contentious relationship between science and religion. The authors explore how scientists, philosophers, and theologians through ti…Read more
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6Philip F. Rehbock, "The Philosophical Naturalists: Themes in Early Nineteenth-Century British Biology" (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 24 (3): 423. 1986.
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109Darwinism and atheism: A Marriage made in Heaven?: Ruse Darwinism and atheismThink 2 (6): 51-62. 2004.Richard Dawkins argues both that Darwin's theory made a God-as-the-designer-of-species redundant, and also that the problem of evil provides overwhelming evidence against God's existence. But Michael Ruse suspects Dawkins may be too hasty…
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38Review of The Non-Darwinian Revolution: Reinterpreting a Historical Myth by Peter Bowler; and of The Mendelian Revolution: The Emergence of Hereditarian Concepts in Modern Science and Society by Peter J. Bowler (review)Philosophy of Science 60 (1): 171-172. 1993.
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39Review of Michael Ruse: Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy (review)Ethics 98 (2): 400-402. 1988.
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3Darwin versus the Liberals: The third assault of the intelligent designersStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 46 89-92. 2014.
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