Richard Dawkins : how a scientist changed the way we think: reflections by scientists, writers, and philosophers
Grafen, Alan2006
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In this exciting collection of original essays, some of the world's leading thinkers offer their take on how Dawkins has changed the way we think. It is a superb summation of the depth and range of his influence.
Main title:
Richard Dawkins : how a scientist changed the way we think: reflections by scientists, writers, and philosophers / by Alan Grafen (Editor) and Mark Ridley (Editor)
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford Oxford University Press 2006
Collation:
283 p.
Contents:
BIOLOGY -- Ballooning Parrots and Semi-Lunar Germs / Andrew F. Read -- The Battle of the Sexes Revisited / Helena Cronin Richard Dawkins: Intellectual Plumber - and More / John Krebs -- What is a Puma? / Michael Hansell -- THE SELFISH GENE -- Living with The Selfish Gene / Marian Stamp Dawkins -- The Gene Meme / David Haig -- The Intellectual Contribution of The Selfish Gene to Evolutionary Theory / Alan Grafen -- An Eye on the Core: Dawkins and Sociobiology / Ullica Segerstrale. LOGIC -- The Selfish Gene as a Philosophical Essay / Daniel C. Dennett -- The Invention of an Algorithmic Biology / Seth Bullock -- Selfish Genes and Information Flow / David Deutsch -- Deep Commonalities between Life and Mind / Steven Pinker -- ANTIPHONAL VOICES -- Richard Dawkins and the Problem of Progress / Michael Ruse The Nests Tale: Affectionate Disagreements with Richard Dawkins / Patrick Bateson -- Whats the Matter with Memes? / Robert Aunger -- HUMANS -- Selfish Genes and Family Relations / Martin Daly and Margo Wilson -- Why a Lot of People with Selfish Genes Are Pretty Nice Except for their Hatred of The Selfish Gene / Randolph M. Nesse -- The Perverse Primate / Kim Sterelny -- CONTROVERSY -- The Skeptics Chaplain: Richard Dawkins as a Fountainhead of Skepticism / Michael Shermer -- A Fellow Humanist / Richard Harries -- Dawkins and the Virus of Faith / A. C. Grayling -- To rise above / Marek Kohn -- What the whale wondered: Evokution, existentialism, and the search for meaning / David P. Barash. WRITING --Richard Dawkins and the Golden Pen / Matt Ridley -- Every Indication of Inadvertent Solicitude /Philip Pullman
ISBN:
9780199291168 (hbk)
Dewey class:
591.5092 RIC
Local class:
591.5092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
6603
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 591.5092 RIC | Available |