With the publication of the international bestseller The Selfish Gene some thirty years ago, Richard Dawkins powerfully captured a newly emerging way of understanding evolution--a gene's eye view. Dawkins went on to publish five more bestselling books, including The Blind Watchmaker and Unweaving the Rainbow. He is one of the most high profile public intellectuals today and any attempt to understand the scientific view of the world must grapple with his ideas. Now, in this exciting collection of original essays, some of the world's leading thinkers offer their take on how Dawkins has changed…mehr
With the publication of the international bestseller The Selfish Gene some thirty years ago, Richard Dawkins powerfully captured a newly emerging way of understanding evolution--a gene's eye view. Dawkins went on to publish five more bestselling books, including The Blind Watchmaker and Unweaving the Rainbow. He is one of the most high profile public intellectuals today and any attempt to understand the scientific view of the world must grapple with his ideas. Now, in this exciting collection of original essays, some of the world's leading thinkers offer their take on how Dawkins has changed the way we think. Readers will find stimulating pieces by Daniel Dennett, the renowned philosopher of mind and author of Darwin's Dangerous Idea; Steven Pinker, the brilliant Harvard linguist who wrote The Language Instinct and The Blank Slate; Matt Ridley, author of the bestselling Genome; and James Watson, who with Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA, arguably the greatest scientific discovery of the last century. Dawkins' widely admired literary style forms the subject of several pieces, including one from novelist Philip Pullman (author of the bestselling His Dark Materials trilogy). As one of the world's best known rationalists, Dawkins' stance on religion is another theme in this collection, explored by Simon Blackburn, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, and the Bishop of Oxford. Numbering twenty in all, these articles are not simply rosy tributes, but explore how Dawkins' ideas have shaped thinking and public debate, and include elements of criticism as well as thoughtful praise. Richard Dawkins' work has had the rare distinction of generating as much excitement outside the scientific community as within it. This stimulating volume is a superb summation of the depth and range of his influence.
Alan Grafen is Professor of Theoretical Biology in the Department of Zoology at Oxford. He is co-author of Modern Statistics for the Life Sciences (OUP, 2002) and numerous scientific papers. Dr Mark Ridley lectures at the Department of Zoology at Oxford, and is best known as the author of a number of books, including Evolution (Blackwell, 2e, 2003), Evolution: A Reader (OUP, 2e, 2003) and the critically acclaimed Mendel's Demon (Wiedenfeld, 2000). Alan Grafen and Mark Ridley are both distinguished former students of Richard Dawkins.
Inhaltsangabe
* Preface * BIOLOGY * Ballooning Parrots and Semi-Lunar Germs * The Battle of the Sexes Revisited * Richard Dawkins: Intellectual Plumber-and More * What is a Puma? * THE SELFISH GENE * Living with The Selfish Gene * The Gene Meme * The Intellectual Contribution of The Selfish Gene to Evolutionary Theory * An Eye on the Core: Dawkins and Sociobiology * LOGIC * The Selfish Gene as a Philosophical Essay * The Invention of an Algorithmic Biology * Selfish Genes and Information Flow * Deep Commonalities between Life and Mind * ANTIPHONAL VOICES * Richard Dawkins and the Problem of Progress * The Nest's Tale: Affectionate Disagreements with Richard Dawkins * What's the Matter with Memes? * HUMANS * Selfish Genes and Family Relations * Why a Lot of People with Selfish Genes Are Pretty Nice Except for their Hatred of The Selfish Gene * The Perverse Primate * CONTROVERSY * The Skeptic's Chaplain: Richard Dawkins as a Fountainhead of Skepticism * A Fellow Humanist * Dawkins and the Virus of Faith * The Politics and Ethics of Richard Dawkins * What the Whale Wondered: Evolution, Existentialism, and the Search for 'meaning' * WRITING * Richard Dawkins and the Golden Pen * Every Indication of Inadvertent Solicitude * Index
* Preface * BIOLOGY * Ballooning Parrots and Semi-Lunar Germs * The Battle of the Sexes Revisited * Richard Dawkins: Intellectual Plumber-and More * What is a Puma? * THE SELFISH GENE * Living with The Selfish Gene * The Gene Meme * The Intellectual Contribution of The Selfish Gene to Evolutionary Theory * An Eye on the Core: Dawkins and Sociobiology * LOGIC * The Selfish Gene as a Philosophical Essay * The Invention of an Algorithmic Biology * Selfish Genes and Information Flow * Deep Commonalities between Life and Mind * ANTIPHONAL VOICES * Richard Dawkins and the Problem of Progress * The Nest's Tale: Affectionate Disagreements with Richard Dawkins * What's the Matter with Memes? * HUMANS * Selfish Genes and Family Relations * Why a Lot of People with Selfish Genes Are Pretty Nice Except for their Hatred of The Selfish Gene * The Perverse Primate * CONTROVERSY * The Skeptic's Chaplain: Richard Dawkins as a Fountainhead of Skepticism * A Fellow Humanist * Dawkins and the Virus of Faith * The Politics and Ethics of Richard Dawkins * What the Whale Wondered: Evolution, Existentialism, and the Search for 'meaning' * WRITING * Richard Dawkins and the Golden Pen * Every Indication of Inadvertent Solicitude * Index
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