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Editore: Hill and Wang, 2006
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Codice articolo BSM.11B60
- Titolo
- Creatures of Accident: The Rise of the Animal Kingdom
- Autore
- Arthur, Wallace
- Editore
- Hill and Wang
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2006
- Condizione
- good
- Rilegatura
- Rilegato
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 10
- 0809043211
- ISBN 13
- 9780809043217
The most important aspect of evolution, from a philosophical viewpoint, is the rise of complex, advanced creatures from simple, primitive ones. This vertical dimension of evolution has been downplayed in both the specialist and popular literature on evolution, in large part because it was in the past associated with unsavory political views. The avoidance of evolutions vertical dimension has, however, left evolutionary biology open to the perception, from outside, that it deals merely with the diversification of rather similar creatures, all at the same level of advancedness from a common ancestorfor example, the classic case studies of finches with different beaks or moths of different colors.
The latest incarnation of creationism, dubbed intelligent design (or ID), has taken advantage of this situation. It portrays an evolutionary process that is constantly guidedespecially in its upward directionby the hand of an unseen Creator, who is able to ensure that it ends up producing humans. Creatures of Accident attacks the antiscience ID worldview, mainly by building a persuasive picture of how unaided evolution produces advanced creatures from simple ones by an essentially accidental process. Having built this picture, in the final chapter the book reflects on its religious implications.
The latest incarnation of creationism, dubbed intelligent design (or ID), has taken advantage of this situation. It portrays an evolutionary process that is constantly guidedespecially in its upward directionby the hand of an unseen Creator, who is able to ensure that it ends up producing humans. Creatures of Accident attacks the antiscience ID worldview, mainly by building a persuasive picture of how unaided evolution produces advanced creatures from simple ones by an essentially accidental process. Having built this picture, in the final chapter the book reflects on its religious implications.
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Informazioni sull’autore
Wallace Arthur is a professor of zoology at the National University of Ireland,
Galway. The author of seven previous books, he also serves as European editor of the journal Evolution and Development.
Galway. The author of seven previous books, he also serves as European editor of the journal Evolution and Development.
Wallace Arthur is a professor of zoology at the National University of Ireland,
Galway. The author of seven previous books, he also serves as European editor of the journalEvolution and Development.
Galway. The author of seven previous books, he also serves as European editor of the journalEvolution and Development.
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