文档介绍：The Evolution of Darwinism
Selection, Adaptation, and Progress in Evolutionary Biology
“How extremely stupid of me not to have thought of that!”
Thomas Henry Huxley, upon first encountering
Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection
Alas, the apparent simplicity of Darwin’s theory is deceptive. From
the very beginning it has been subject to differing interpretations,
and even now professional opinion is sharply divided on a range of
fundamental issues, among them the nature of selection, the scope
of adaptation, and the question of evolutionary progress. This book
traces these issues from Darwin’s own evolving quest for understand-
ing to ongoing contemporary debates, and explores their implica-
tions for the greatest questions of all: where we came from, who we
are, and where we might be heading.
Written in a clear and nontechnical style, this book will be of
interest to students, scholars, and anyone wishing to understand
the development of evolutionary theory.
Timothy Shanahan is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount
University.
To Ed, Ernan, and Phil, for showing me how.
The Evolution of Darwinism
Selection, Adaptation, and Progress
in Evolutionary Biology
TIMOTHY SHANAHAN
Loyola Marymount University
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo
Cambridge University Press
The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge , UK
Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York
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© Timothy Shanahan 2004
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