The Cambridge Companion to Darwin

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Author: Jonathan Hodge

ISBN-10: 0521711843

ISBN-13: 9780521711845

Category: Darwin, Charles (1809 - 1882) -> Reference

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These essays form a most convenient and accessible guide to Darwin.

List of contributorsPrefaceIntroduction1Pt. IDarwin's Theorising1The making of a philosophical naturalist172The notebook programmes and projects of Darwin's London years403Darwin on generation, pangenesis and sexual selection694Darwin on mind, morals and emotions925The arguments in the Origin of Species116Pt. IIHistorical Contexts6Is the theory of natural selection independent of its history?1437Darwin's science and Victorian philosophy of science1688Darwin and Victorian Christianity1929Darwin, social Darwinism and eugenics21410From Darwin to today in evolutionary biology240Pt. IIIPhilosophical Themes11Metaphysical and epistemological issues in modern Darwinian theory26712Darwinian concepts in the philosophy of mind28813Darwinism in moral philosophy and social theory31014Belief in God in a Darwinian age333Pt. IVWays Forward15In Darwin's wake, where am I?35716Ethical expressions: why moralists scowl, frown and smile37717Giving Darwin his due399Guide to further reading421List of references424Index461