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DARWIN'S DANGEROUS IDEA: EVOLUTION AND THE MEANINGS OF LIFE
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- Educational Level
- College
- Product Type
- Textbook
- Subject
- Science & Tech
- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
068482471X
ISBN-13
9780684824710
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038583443
Product Key Features
Book Title
Darwin's Dangerous Idea : Evolution and the Meanins of Life
Number of Pages
592 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / General, General
Publication Year
1996
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
23.7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
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Trade
Reviews
Jim Holt The Wall Street Journal Dennett is a philosopher of rare originality, rigor, and wit. Here he does one of the things philosophers are supposed to be good at: clearing up conceptual muddles in the sciences., James Moorecoauthor ofDarwinA brilliant piece of persuasion, excitingly argued and compulsively readable. Its lucid metaphors and charming analogies are reminiscent ofOn the Origin of Species., Richard RortyLingua FrancaOne of our most original and most readable philosophers....Once in a blue moon an analytic philosopher comes along who redeems his subdiscipline by combining professional persnicketiness with a romantic spirit, a vivid imagination, and a sense of humor., John Gribbin Sunday Times, London This is the best single-author overview of all the implications of evolution by natural selection available....Lucid and entertaining., Richard Dawkins author of The Blind Watchmaker A surpassingly brilliant book. Where creative, it lifts the reader to new intellectual heights. Where critical, it is devastating., Jim HoltThe Wall Street JournalDennett is a philosopher of rare originality, rigor, and wit. Here he does one of the things philosophers are supposed to be good at: clearing up conceptual muddles in the sciences., James Moore coauthor of Darwin A brilliant piece of persuasion, excitingly argued and compulsively readable. Its lucid metaphors and charming analogies are reminiscent of On the Origin of Species., John GribbinSunday Times,LondonThis is the best single-author overview of all the implications of evolution by natural selection available....Lucid and entertaining., Richard Dawkinsauthor ofThe Blind WatchmakerA surpassingly brilliant book. Where creative, it lifts the reader to new intellectual heights. Where critical, it is devastating., Richard Dawkinsauthor of The Blind Watchmaker A surpassingly brilliant book. Where creative, it lifts the reader to new intellectual heights. Where critical, it is devastating., John Gribbin Sunday Times, LondonThis is the best single-author overview of all the implications of evolution by natural selection available....Lucid and entertaining., James Moorecoauthor of Darwin A brilliant piece of persuasion, excitingly argued and compulsively readable. Its lucid metaphors and charming analogies are reminiscent of On the Origin of Species., Richard Rorty Lingua Franca One of our most original and most readable philosophers....Once in a blue moon an analytic philosopher comes along who redeems his subdiscipline by combining professional persnicketiness with a romantic spirit, a vivid imagination, and a sense of humor.
Table Of Content
Contents Preface Part I: Starting in the Middle CHAPTER ONE Tell Me Why 1. Is Nothing Sacred? 2. What, Where, When, Why -- and How? 3. Locke''s "Proof" of the Primacy of Mind 4. Hume''s Close Encounter CHAPTER TWO An Idea Is Born 1. What Is So Special About Species? 2. Natural Selection -- an Awful Stretcher 3. Did Darwin Explain the Origin of Species? 4. Natural Selection as an Algorithmic Process 5. Processes as Algorithms CHAPTER THREE Universal Acid 1. Early Reactions 2. Darwin''s Assault on the Cosmic Pyramid 3. The Principle of the Accumulation of Design 4. The Tools for R and D: Skyhooks or Cranes? 5. Who''s Afraid of Reductionism? CHAPTER FOUR The Tree of Life 1. How Should We Visualize the Tree of Life? 2. Color-coding a Species on the Tree 3. Retrospective Coronations: Mitochondrial Eve and Invisible Beginnings 4. Patterns, Oversimplification, and Explanation CHAPTER FIVE The Possible and the Actual 1. Grades of Possibility? 2. The Library of Mendel 3. The Complex Relation Between Genome and Organism 4. Possibility Naturalized CHAPTER SIX Threads of Actuality in Design Space 1. Drifting and Lifting Through Design Space 2. Forced Moves in the Game of Design 3. The Unity of Design Space Part II: Darwinian Thinking in Biology CHAPTER SEVEN Priming Darwin'' s Pump 1. Back Beyond Darwin''s Frontier 2. Molecular Evolution 3. The Laws of the Game of Life 4. Eternal Recurrence -- Life Without Foundations? CHAPTER EIGHT Biology Is Engineering 1. The Sciences of the Artificial 2. Darwin Is Dead -- Long Live Darwin! 3. Function and Specification 4. Original Sin and the Birth of Meaning 5. The Computer That Learned to Play Checkers 6. Artifact Hermeneutics, or Reverse Engineering 7. Stuart Kauffman as Meta-Engineer CHAPTER NINE Searching for Quality 1. The Power of Adaptationist Thinking 2. The Leibnizian Paradigm 3. Playing with Constraints CHAPTER TEN Bully for Brontosaurus 1. The Boy Who Cried Wolf? 2. The Spandrel''s Thumb 3. Punctuated Equilibrium: A Hopeful Monster 4. Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Burgess Shale Double-Play Mystery CHAPTER ELEVEN Controversies Contained 1. A Clutch of Harmless Heresies 2. Three Losers: Teilhard, Lamarck, and Directed Mutation 3. Cui Bono? Part III: Mind, Meaning, Mathematics, and Morality CHAPTER TWELVE The Cranes of Culture 1. The Monkey''s Uncle Meets the Meme 2. Invasion of the Body-Snatchers 3. Could There Be a Science of Memetics? 4. The Philosophical Importance of Memes CHAPTER THIRTEEN Losing Out Minds to Darwin 1. The Role of Language in Intelligence 2. Chomsky Contra Darwin: Four Episodes 3. Nice Tries CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Evolution of Meanings 1. The Quest for Real Meaning 2. Two Black Boxes 3. Blocking the Exits 4. Safe Passage to the Future CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Emperor''s New Mind, and Other Fables 1. The Sword in the Stone 2. The Library of Toshiba 3. The Phantom Quantum-Gravity Computer: Lessons from Lapland CHAPTER SIXTEEN On the Origin of Morality 1. E Pluribus Unum? 2. Friedrich Nietzsche''s Just So Stories 3. Some Varieties of Greedy Ethical Reductionism 4. Sociobiology: Good and Bad, Good and Evil CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Redesigning Morality 1. Can Ethics Be Naturalized? 2. Judging the Competition 3. The Moral First Aid Manual CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Future of an Idea 1. In Praise of Biodiversity 2. Universal Acid: Handle with Care Appendix Bibliography Index
Synopsis
In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the theory itself and then extends Darwin's vision with impeccable arguments to their often surprising conclusions, challenging the views of some of the most famous scientists of our day., In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo ofThe Boston Globecalls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the theory itself and then extends Darwin's vision with impeccable arguments to their often surprising conclusions, challenging the views of some of the most famous scientists of our day., This groundbreaking exploration of evolutionary theory shows how natural selection, as a blind algorithmic process, reshapes our understanding of life, consciousness, morality, and culture--revealing why evolution remains the most powerful and controversial idea in science and philosophy. In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the theory itself and then extends Darwin's vision with impeccable arguments to their often surprising conclusions, challenging the views of some of the most famous scientists of our day.
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