Introduction The scene is familiar and emblematic of the Darwinian revolution. Tho- mas Henry Hux... more Introduction The scene is familiar and emblematic of the Darwinian revolution. Tho- mas Henry Huxley confronts Bishop Samuel Wilberforce at the Oxford meeting of the British Association in 1860, a few months after publica- tion of the Origin of Species. Wilberforce, armored in ...
Page 1. THE MEANING OF EVOLUTION The Morphological Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of... more Page 1. THE MEANING OF EVOLUTION The Morphological Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of Darwin's Theory ROBERT J. RICHARDS Did Darwin see evolution as progressive, directed toward producing ever more advanced forms of life? ...
The Structure of Narrative Explanation in History and Biology Robert J. Richards Cut us off from ... more The Structure of Narrative Explanation in History and Biology Robert J. Richards Cut us off from Narrative, how would the stream of conversa-tion, even among the wisest, languish into detached handfuls, and among the foolish utterly evaporate! -Thomas Carlyle, On History Had ...
Birth, Death, and Resurrection of Evolutionary Ethics Robert J. Richards Darwin's Ethica... more Birth, Death, and Resurrection of Evolutionary Ethics Robert J. Richards Darwin's Ethical Theory and Its Critics In 1871, even before he had read one word of Darwin's explanation of moral behavior in the Descent of Man, St. George Jackson Mivart diagnosed altruism as the terminal ...
It is commonly supposed that British natural theologians defended a position that was profoundly ... more It is commonly supposed that British natural theologians defended a position that was profoundly inimical to the theory of evolution, that, for instance, they were united in separating the animal kingdom from the realm of man by denying animals any semblance of conscious ...
Darwin's Romantic Biology The Foundation of His Evolutionary Ethics Robert J. Richards I... more Darwin's Romantic Biology The Foundation of His Evolutionary Ethics Robert J. Richards I am at present fit only to read Humboldt; he like another Sun illumines everything I behold. Charles Darwin, Beagle Diary On learning that Alexander von Humboldt's health had worsened. ...
Introduction The scene is familiar and emblematic of the Darwinian revolution. Tho- mas Henry Hux... more Introduction The scene is familiar and emblematic of the Darwinian revolution. Tho- mas Henry Huxley confronts Bishop Samuel Wilberforce at the Oxford meeting of the British Association in 1860, a few months after publica- tion of the Origin of Species. Wilberforce, armored in ...
Page 1. THE MEANING OF EVOLUTION The Morphological Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of... more Page 1. THE MEANING OF EVOLUTION The Morphological Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of Darwin's Theory ROBERT J. RICHARDS Did Darwin see evolution as progressive, directed toward producing ever more advanced forms of life? ...
The Structure of Narrative Explanation in History and Biology Robert J. Richards Cut us off from ... more The Structure of Narrative Explanation in History and Biology Robert J. Richards Cut us off from Narrative, how would the stream of conversa-tion, even among the wisest, languish into detached handfuls, and among the foolish utterly evaporate! -Thomas Carlyle, On History Had ...
Birth, Death, and Resurrection of Evolutionary Ethics Robert J. Richards Darwin's Ethica... more Birth, Death, and Resurrection of Evolutionary Ethics Robert J. Richards Darwin's Ethical Theory and Its Critics In 1871, even before he had read one word of Darwin's explanation of moral behavior in the Descent of Man, St. George Jackson Mivart diagnosed altruism as the terminal ...
It is commonly supposed that British natural theologians defended a position that was profoundly ... more It is commonly supposed that British natural theologians defended a position that was profoundly inimical to the theory of evolution, that, for instance, they were united in separating the animal kingdom from the realm of man by denying animals any semblance of conscious ...
Darwin's Romantic Biology The Foundation of His Evolutionary Ethics Robert J. Richards I... more Darwin's Romantic Biology The Foundation of His Evolutionary Ethics Robert J. Richards I am at present fit only to read Humboldt; he like another Sun illumines everything I behold. Charles Darwin, Beagle Diary On learning that Alexander von Humboldt's health had worsened. ...
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