Darwinism and Philosophy

The philosophically most challenging science today, arguably, is no longer physics but biology. It is hardly an exaggeration to state that Charles Darwin has shaped modern evolutionary biology more significantly than anyone else. Moreover, since Darwin's day, philosophers and scientists have realized the enormous philosophical potential of Darwinism and have tried to expand his insights well beyond the limits of biology. However, no consensus has been achieved. The aim of this collection of essays is to revive a comprehensive discussion of the meaning and the philosophical implications of "Darwinism."

The contributors to Darwinism and Philosophy are international scholars from the fields of philosophy, science, and history of ideas. A strength of this collection is that it brings together sustained reflection from American and Continental philosophical traditions. The conclusions of the contributors vary, but taken together their essays successfully map the problems of interpreting "Darwinism."

Author: Vittorio Hösle
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 09/30/2005
Pages: 402
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.06w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780268030735

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2005 pg. 91
Library Journal 08/15/2005

About the Author
Illies, Christian: - CHRISTIAN ILLIES is university lecturer, Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands.Hosle, Vittorio: - Vittorio Hösle is Paul G. Kimball Chair of Arts and Letters in the Department of German Languages and Literatures, concurrent professor of philosophy, and concurrent professor of government and international studies at the University of Notre Dame.

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