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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Philip Kitcher |
| ISBN: | 9780195314441 0195314441 |
| OCLC Number: | 70699028 |
| Description: | xiv, 192 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. |
| Contents: | Disinterring Darwin -- Goodbye to Genesis -- One tree of life -- At the mercy of chance? -- A mess of pottage. |
| Series Title: | Philosophy in action. |
| Responsibility: | Philip Kitcher. |
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<br>"Kitcher's book remains a useful short introduction to arguments concerning evolution and creationism, and may prove important in encouraging greater reflection on the philosophical and theological questions that can rebuild the kind of rational dialogue about religion that is ultimately necessary to move the debate in a positive new direction."--James Krueger, Notre Dame Philosophical Review<br>"Many scientists who are upset by the ongoing lobbying insist that it is bad science or pseudo-science. Living With Darwin, Philip Kitcher's brief and cogent manifesto, very rightly disagrees."--The Nation<br>"With so many books devoted to the conflict between Darwinism and intelligent design (ID), finding a work that provides not just one, but two novel insights, is a pleasant surprise."--CHOICE<br>"How glad I am that a philosopher of Philip Kitcher's distinction should write such a comprehensive destruction of the argument for Intelligent Design. The attempts to demote Darwin by plausible Read more...
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