Michael Ruse

The Philosophy of Human Evolution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, covering such issues as religion, race and gender.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 672g
• ISBN-13: 9780521117937
• ISBN-10: 0521117933
• Artikelnr.: 34099694

Autorenporträt

Michael Ruse is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University.As a prominent philosopher of science, he is well known for his work on the relationship between science and religion, the creation-evolution controversy and the demarcation problem within science. He has published over 25 books: most recently, Reflections on the Origin of Species, with David Reznick (Princeton UP, 2008); Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science (Cambridge UP, 2010); and Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford UP, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. Evolutionary biology
2. Human evolution
3. Real science, good science?
4. Progress
5. Knowledge
6. Morality
7. Sex, orientation, and race
8. From eugenics to medicine
Bibliography.

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Acknowledgements; 1. Evolutionary biology; 2. Human evolution; 3. Real science, good science?; 4. Progress; 5. Knowledge; 6. Morality; 7. Sex, orientation, and race; 8. From eugenics to medicine; Bibliography.

Rezensionen

'Michael Ruse's new book The Philosophy of Human Evolution is a historical and critical survey of the ways in which Darwinian thinking has clashed and interacted with the concerns of philosophers. Intended for a general audience, the book showcases Ruse's manifold skills as a writer. His prose is lucid, straightforward, and colloquial. Each paragraph leads into the next with elegant coherence and no complicated impediments to the smooth flow of ideas ... readers will bring away new facts and insights from this thoughtful little page-turner.' Matt Cartmill, Reports of the National Center for Science Education