Philosophical Perspectives on Evolutionary Theory: A Sketch of the History

Discussion of Darwinian evolutionary theory by philosophers has gone through a number of historical phases, from indifference (in the first hundred years), to criticism (in the 1960s and 70s), to enthusiasm and expansionism (since about 1980). This paper documents these phases and speculates about w...

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Main Author: tapper, Alan
Format: Journal Article
Published: Royal Society of Western Australia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39097