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Dawkins vs. Gould : Survival of the Fittest by Kim Sterelny (2001, Trade Paperback)

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Book TitleDawkins Vs. Gould : Survival of the Fittest

Number of Pages161 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLife Sciences / Evolution

Publication Year2001

IllustratorYes

GenreScience

AuthorKim Sterelny

Book SeriesRevolutions in Science S. Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight5.6 Oz

Item Length7 in

Item Width4.4 in

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Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal576.8

Table Of ContentContentsPart I: Battle Joined Chapter 1: A Clash of Perspectives Part II: Dawkins' World Chapter 2: Genes and Gene Lineages Chapter 3: Gene Selection in a World of Organisms Chapter 4: Extended Phenotypes and Outlaws Chapter 5: Selfishness and Selection Chapter 6: Selection and Adaptation Part III: The View from HarvardChapter 7: Local Process, Global Change? Chapter 8: Punctuated Equilibrium Chapter 9: Mass Extinction Chapter 10: Life in the Cambrian Chapter 11: The Evolutionary EscalatorPart IV: The State of Play Chapter 12: A Candle in the Dark? Chapter 13: Stumps Summary Suggested Reading Glossary Appendix: Geological Time Scale

SynopsisThe battle over evolution has been one of the major scientific debates of the last 20 years. This account exposes the real differences between the conceptions of evolution of these 2 leading scientists, and shows that the conflict extends beyond evolution to their very beliefs in science itself, and in Gould's case, to domains in which science plays no role at all. Science has seen its fair share of punch-ups over the years, but one debate, in the field of biology, has become notorious for its intensity. Over the last twenty years, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould have engaged in a savage battle over evolution that shows no sign of waning. Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker, conceives of evolution as a struggle between gene lineages; Gould, who wrote Wonderful Life? and Rocks of Ages, sees it as a struggle between organisms. For Dawkins, the principles of evolutionary biology apply just as well to humans as they do to all living creatures; for Gould, however, this sociobiology is not just ill-motivated but wrong, and dangerous.Dawkins' views have been caricatured, and the man painted as a crazed reductionist, shrinking all the variety and complexity of life down to a struggle for existence between blind and selfish genes. Gould, too, has been falsely represented by creationists as rejecting the fundamental principles of Darwinism itself. Kim Sterelny moves beyond caricature to expose the real differences between the conceptions of evolution of these two leading scientists. He shows that the conflict extends beyond evolution to their very beliefs in science itself; and, in Gould's case, to domains in which science plays no role at all., The battle over evolution has been one of the major scientific debates of the last 20 years. This account exposes the real differences between the conceptions of evolution of these 2 leading scientists, and shows that the conflict extends beyond evolution to their very beliefs in science itself, and in Gould's case, to domains in which science plays no role at all., Over the last twenty years, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould have engaged in a savage battle over evolution that shows no sign of waning. Sterelny moves beyond caricature to expose the real differences between the conceptions of evolution of these two leading scientists. Australian author.

LC Classification NumberQH366.2