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the cambridge companion to DARWIN Second Edition Eachvolumeinthisseriesofcompanionstomajorphiloso- phers contains specially commissioned essays by an in- ternational team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography,andwillserveasareferenceworkforstudents and non-specialists. One aim of the series is to dispel the intimidation such readers often feel when faced with the workofadifficultandchallengingthinker. The naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin (1809–82) ranks as one of the most influential scientific thinkers of all time. In the nineteenth century his ideas about the history and diversity of life – including the evolutionary origin of humankind – contributed to major changes in the sciences,philosophy,socialthoughtandreligiousbelief.The Cambridge Companion to Darwin has established itself as anindispensableresourceforanyoneteachingorresearching Darwin’s theories and their historical and philosophical interpretations. For this second edition, coverage has been expanded to include two new chapters: on Darwin, Hume and human nature,andonDarwin’stheoriesintheintellectuallongrun, fromthepre-Socraticstothepresent. Jonathan Hodge is Senior Fellow in History and Philosophy ofScienceattheUniversityofLeeds. GregoryRadickisSeniorLecturerinHistoryandPhilosophy ofScienceattheUniversityofLeeds. 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Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 contents List of contributors page x Preface xiii Introduction jonathan hodge and gregory radick 1 PARTI: DARWIN’STHEORISING 1 The making of a philosophical naturalist phillip r. sloan 21 2 The notebook programmes and projects of Darwin’s London years jonathan hodge 44 3 Darwin on generation, pangenesis and sexual selection jim endersby 73 4 Darwin on mind, morals and emotions robert j. richards 96 5 The arguments in the Origin of Species c. kenneth waters 120 PARTII: HISTORICALCONTEXTS 6 Is the theory of natural selection independent of its history? gregory radick 147 vii Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 viii contents 7 Darwin’s science and Victorian philosophy of science david l. hull 173 8 Darwin and Victorian Christianity john hedley brooke 197 9 Darwin, social Darwinism and eugenics diane b. paul 219 10 The place of Darwin’s theories in the intellectual long run jonathan hodge and gregory radick 246 PARTIII: CURRENTISSUES 11 From Darwin to today in evolutionary biology jean gayon 277 12 Metaphysical and epistemological issues in modern Darwinian theory elliott sober 302 13 Darwinian concepts in the philosophy of mind kim sterelny 323 14 Darwinisminmoralphilosophyandsocialtheory alex rosenberg 345 15 Belief in God in a Darwinian age michael ruse 368 PARTIV: PHILOSOPHICALPROSPECTS 16 In Darwin’s wake, where am I? daniel c. dennett 393 17 Ethical expressions: why moralists scowl, frown and smile owen flanagan 413 18 Is human nature natural? simon blackburn 435 Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 Contents ix 19 Giving Darwin his due philip kitcher 455 Guide to further reading 477 List of references 480 Index 521 Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 contributors simon blackburn is Professor of Philosophy at the University ofCambridge.HisbooksincludeSpreadingtheWord(1984),Ruling Passions(1998),Think(1999),BeingGood(2001)andTruth:AGuide forthePerplexed(2005). john hedley brooke is Andreas Idreos Professor Emeritus of ScienceandReligionattheUniversityofOxford.Hisbooksinclude ScienceandReligion(1991),ThinkingaboutMatter(1995)and,with GeoffreyCantor,ReconstructingNature:TheEngagementofScience andReligion(1998). daniel c. dennettisUniversityProfessorandCo-Directorofthe CenterforCognitiveStudiesatTuftsUniversity.Hisbooksinclude Consciousness Explained (1991), Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (1995), FreedomEvolves(2003)andBreakingtheSpell:ReligionasaNatural Phenomenon(2006). jim endersbyisLecturerintheHistoryDepartmentattheUniver- sityofSussex.HisbooksincludeAGuineaPig’sHistoryofBiology (2007), Imperial Nature: Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victo- rian Science (2008) and a new scholarly edition of Darwin’s Origin ofSpecies(2009). owen flanagan isJamesB.DukeProfessorofPhilosophyinthe PhilosophyDepartmentatDukeUniversity,wherehealsoholdspro- fessorial appointments in psychology and neurobiology. His books includeSelf-Expression(1996)andTheReallyHardProblem:Mean- inginaMaterialWorld(2007). x Cambridge Collections Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009
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