Darwin
"The best Darwin anthology on the market" (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970.\ The impact of Charles Darwin’s work on Western civilization has been broad and deep. As much as anyone in the modern era, he changed human thought, and his influence is still felt in virtually all aspects of our lives. This new edition, larger and more varied than the previous ones, includes more of...
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"The best Darwin anthology on the market" (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970. Booknews New edition of a volume that concerns the importance, and enduring relevance, of Darwin and evolution. New material indicates the voluminous scientific research that is currently being done in every field of evolutionary study. Topics include Darwin on changing the mind, Darwin's life, scientific thought just before Darwin, selections from Darwin's work, his influence on science, evolutionary and religious theory, Darwin and the literary mind, and Darwinian patterns in social thought, philosophy and ethics. Edited by Appleman (emeritus, Indiana U.). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefacexvPart IIntroduction1Darwin: On Changing the Mind (2000)3Part IIDarwin's Life21Who Is Darwin? (1991)23Part IIIScientific Thought: Just before Darwin31Biology before the Beagle (1964)33An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)39Natural Theology (1802)41Zoological Philosophy (1809)44Principles of Geology (1830-33)49The Study of Natural Philosophy (1830)52Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology (1833)57On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type (1858)61Part IVSelections from Darwin's Work65The Voyage of the Beagle (1845)67Chapter I.St. Jago--Cape de Verd Islands67Chapter XVII.Galapagos Archipelago67On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and On the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection (1858)82I.Extract from an unpublished Work on Species, by C. Darwin, Esq.82II.Abstract of a Letter from C. Darwin, Esq., to Prof. Asa Gray, Boston, U.S., dated Down, September 5th, 185785An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species, previously to the Publication of This Work (1861)87The Origin of Species (1859)95Introduction95Chapter I.Variation under Domestication98Chapter II.Variation under Nature106Chapter III.Struggle for Existence107Chapter IV.Natural Selection111Chapter VI.Difficulties on Theory135Chapter IX.On the Imperfections of the Geological Record147Chapter XIII.Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs151Chapter XIV.Recapitulation and Conclusion158The Descent of Man (1871)175Introduction175Chapter I.The Evidence of the Descent of Man from Some Lower Form177Chapter II.On the Manner of Development of Man from Some Lower Form194Chapter III.Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals213Chapter VI.On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man222Chapter VIII.Principles of Sexual Selection230Chapter XIX.Secondary Sexual Characters of Man232Chapter XX.Secondary Sexual Characters of Man--continued239Chapter XXI.General Summary and Conclusion243Part VDarwin's Influence on Science255The Victorian Opposition to Darwin257Darwin and His Critics (1983)257Objections to Mr. Darwin's Theory of the Origin of Species (1860)265Darwin on the Origin of Species (1860)267Review of the Origin of Species (1867)271Victorian Supporters of Darwin276Flora Tasmaniae (1859)276On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals (1863)280Principles of Geology (1867)285The Debt of Science to Darwin (1883)287Darwin and the Shaping of Modern Science289Scientific Method in Evolution289Evolution and the Nature of Science (1999)289Explaining the Very Improbable (1987)301On the Uncertainty of Science (1980)304Postmodernisms and the Problem of Scientific Literacy (1998)308Science and Sensibility (1999)314The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis319The Evolutionary Synthesis (1984)319The Human Genealogy326The Chosen Primate (1994)326Out of Africa Again ... and Again? (1997)335The Human Difference (1999)342Punctuated Equilibrium344[On Punctuated Equilibrium] (1991)344The Great Stasis Debate (1995)349Rethinking Taxonomy356Darwin's Views of Classification (1999)356Cladistic Analysis (1988)361[Cladistics in Action: The Origin of Birds and Their Flight] (1998)363Evolution as Observable Fact373How Natural Selection Operates (1996)373Natural Selection and Darwin's Finches (1991)377Natural Selection in the Wild (1986)384Part VIDarwinian Patterns in Social Thought387Competition and Cooperation389The Vogue of Spencer (1955)389The Gospel of Wealth (1900)396Mutual Aid (1902)398The Arithmetics of Mutual Help (1995)403Nature and Nurture409Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975)409Biological Potentiality vs. Biological Determinism (1977)415The New Creationism: Biology under Attack (1997)420Evolution and Gender426The Woman's Bible (1898)426On Becoming Human (1981)427Darwin and the Descent of Woman (1983)436Woman Red in Tooth and Claw (1989)444Evolution and Other Disciplines450[On Consilience] (1998)450Evolution and the Origins of Disease (1998)459How the Mind Works (1997)465The Set within the Skull (1997)477Part VIIDarwinian Influences in Philosophy and Ethics481The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy (1909)483Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Natural Selection as an Algorithmic Process (1995)489Darwinian Epistemology (1998)493Evolution and Ethics (1893)501Evolutionary Ethics (1943)503The Evolution of Ethics (1985)507Good Natured: The Origin of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals (1996)511The Origins of Virtue (1997)517Part VIIIEvolutionary Theory and Religious Theory525Mainstream Religious Support for Evolution527Message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1996)527On Creationism in School Textbooks (1984)529Evolution and Creationism (1982)529[Statement on Evolution] (1965)531Resolution on Evolutionism and Creationism (1982)532Resolution Opposing "Scientific Creationism" (1982)533Fundamentalist Creationism534Antievolution and Creationism in the United States (1997)534The Scopes Trial (1925)542Orthodox Jewish Creationists (2000)549[Islamic Creationism] (1997)551[A Hare Krishna on Darwinian Evolution] (1977)553Tenets of Creationism (1998)555Scientific Creationism (1985)557Review of Morris (1992)564Evolution at the Grass Roots (1998)569[Creationism versus Biotechnology] (1998)569[The Politics of Creationism] (1998)570What Do Christians Really Believe about Evolution? (1998)572Seven Significant Court Decisions Regarding Evolution/Creation Issues (1998)574Personal Incredulity and Antievolutionism577[The Argument from Personal Incredulity] (1987)577Darwin on Trial (1991)581Review of Johnson (1992)586Darwin's Black Box (1996)592Review of Behe (1997)601Darwin's New Critics on Trial (1998)605Scientists' Opposition to Creationism613Forced Teaching of Creationist Beliefs in Public School Science Education (1982)613Resolution Opposing Creationism in Science Courses (1999)614Statement on Teaching Evolution (1998)615Frequently Asked Questions about Evolution and the Nature of Science (1998)617Fundamentalist Creationism and the Value of Satire624Genesis Revisited: A Scientific Creation Story (1998)625Darwin's Ark (1984)627Part IXDarwin and the Literary Mind631Darwin's Literary Sensibility633Autobiography (1876)633Darwin's Humane Reading (1982)634Darwin and Pain: Why Science Made Shakespeare Nauseating (1995)639Darwin's Plots (1983)645Darwin's Influence on Literature653Darwin among the Poets (1932)653Darwin among the Novelists (1988)658The Tragic Fallacy (1929)664Modern Tragedy (1956)667Darwin-Sightings in Recent Literature (2000)670Selected Readings683Index689
\ BooknewsNew edition of a volume that concerns the importance, and enduring relevance, of Darwin and evolution. New material indicates the voluminous scientific research that is currently being done in every field of evolutionary study. Topics include Darwin on changing the mind, Darwin's life, scientific thought just before Darwin, selections from Darwin's work, his influence on science, evolutionary and religious theory, Darwin and the literary mind, and Darwinian patterns in social thought, philosophy and ethics. Edited by Appleman (emeritus, Indiana U.). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
