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11Science: Men, Methods, Goals. Edited by Boruch Brody and Nicholas Capaldi. New York, W. A. Benjamin. 1968. Pp. 343. Hard cover $8.00; Paperback $2.85 (review)Dialogue 8 (1): 164-165. 1969.
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11Charles DarwinBlackwell. 2008.The definitive work on the philosophical nature and impact of the theories of Charles Darwin, written by a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism. Broadly explores the theories of Charles Darwin and Darwin studies Incorporates much information about modern Biology Offers a comprehensive discussion of Darwinism and Christianity – including Creationism – by one of the leading authorities in the field Written in clear, concise, user-friendly language supplemented with quali…Read more
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11Abusing Science: The Case against CreationismPhilosophy 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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11Book Review:The Relations between the Sciences C. F. A. Pantin (review)Philosophy of Science 39 (1): 91-. 1972.
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11Review of: Evelyn Fox Keller, Making sense of life: explaining biological development with models, metaphors, and machines. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002 (review)Annals of Science 61 (3): 389. 2004.
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10Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2004.In this book, first published in 2004, William Dembski, Michael Ruse, and other prominent philosophers provide a comprehensive balanced overview of the debate concerning biological origins - a controversial dialectic since Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859. Invariably, the source of controversy has been 'design'. Is the appearance of design in organisms the result of purely natural forces acting without prevision or teleology? Or, does the appearance of design signify genuine previs…Read more
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10Willem Drees on the humanitiesZygon 56 (3): 691-703. 2021.Do universities still need departments in the humanities—philosophy, history, languages, and so forth? Many today, particularly legislators with control over the funding of public universities, feel that the emphasis should be on, and only on, departments in the STEM field. Willem B. Drees, a former dean of humanities, makes a spirited defense of the worth of the humanities and of their continued place in higher education. This essay looks at Drees's arguments in a critical, yet appreciative, fa…Read more
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10Discovery in the Physical Sciences. By Richard J. Blackwell. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1969. Pp. xii, 240. $8.50 (review)Dialogue 9 (3): 480-485. 1970.
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10Belief in God in a Darwinian ageIn J. Hodges & Gregory Radick (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Darwin, Cambridge University Press. pp. 333. 2003.
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10Morality as a Biological Phenomenon: The Presuppositions of Sociobiological Research by Gunther S. Stent (review)Isis 73 (4): 579-579. 1982.
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10Origins of Genius: Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity by Dean Keith Simonton (review)Isis 92 587-589. 2001.
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9What Kind of Revolution Occurred in Geology?PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1978 (2): 240-273. 1978.The one thing upon which we can all agree is that just over ten years ago a major revolution occurred in the science of geology. Geologists switched from accepting a static earth-picture, to endorsing a vision of an earth with its surface constantly in motion. (Cox [4]; Hallam [12]; Marvin [28]; Wilson [56]). It is true that early in this century the German geologist Alfred Wegener argued that the continents as we today find them have “drifted” to their positions from other positions widely diff…Read more
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9Book Review:Towards a Theoretical Biology C. H. Waddington (review)Philosophy of Science 39 (1): 105-. 1972.
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9Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know®Oup Usa. 2015.Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know provides a balanced look at the topic, considering atheism historically, philosophically, theologically, sociologically and psychologically.
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9Darwinism and its DiscontentsCambridge University Press. 2006.Presenting an ardent defence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, this book offers a clear and comprehensive exposition of Darwin's thinking. Michael Ruse brings the story up to date, examining the origins of life, the fossil record, and the mechanism of natural selection. Rival theories are explored, from punctuated equilibrium to human evolution. The philosophical and religious implications of Darwinism are discussed, including a discussion of Creationism and its modern day offshoot, Intel…Read more
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8A Philosopher Looks at Human BeingsCambridge University Press. 2021.Why do we think ourselves superior to all other animals? Are we right to think so? In this book, Michael Ruse explores these questions in religion, science and philosophy. Some people think that the world is an organism - and that humans, as its highest part, have a natural value. Others think that the world is a machine - and that we therefore have responsibility for making our own value judgements. Ruse provides a compelling analysis of these two rival views and the age-old conflict between th…Read more
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8Do the History of Science and the Philosophy of Science Have Anything to Say to Each Other?PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1992. 1992.
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8Philosophy of biology has a long and honourable history. Indeed, like most of the great intellectual achievements of the Western World, it goes back to the Greeks. However, until recently in this century, it was sadly neglected. With a few noteworthy exceptions, someone wishing to delve into the subject had to choose between extremes of insipid vitalism on the one hand, and sterile formalizations of the most elementary biological principles on the other. Whilst philosophy of physics pushed confi…Read more
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