Darwin and design : does evolution have a purpose?
"Darwin and Design surveys the argument from design from its introduction by the Greeks, through the coming of Darwinism, down to the present day. In clear, non-technical language Michael Ruse, a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism, offers a full and fair assessment of the status of the argument from design in light of both the advances of modern evolutionary biology and the thinking of today's philosophers - with special attention given to the supporters and critics of "intelligent design."" "The first comprehensive history and exposition of Western thought about design in the natural world, this important work suggests directions for our thinking as we move into the twenty-first century. A thoroughgoing guide to a perennially controversial issue, the book makes its own substantial contribution to the ongoing debate about the relationship between science and religion, and between evolution and its religious critics."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2003
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2003
x, 371 pages ; 24 cm
9780674010239, 9780674016316, 067401023X, 0674016319
50899040
Two thousand years of design
Paley and Kant fight back
Sowing the seeds of evolution
A plurality of problems
Charles Darwin
A subject too profound
Darwinian against Darwinian
The century of evolutionism
Adaptation in action
Theory and test
Formalism redux
From function to design
Design as metaphor
Natural theology evolves
Turning back the clock