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Author Stove, D. C. (David Charles)

Title Darwinian fairytales / David Stove
Published Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Avebury, [1995]
©1995

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 W'PONDS  301.01 Sto/Dfa  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 225 pages ; 23 cm
Series Avebury series in philosophy
Avebury series in philosophy.
Contents Darwinism's dilemma -- Where Darwin first went wrong about man -- 'But what about war, pesitlence, and all that?' -- Population, privilege, and Malthus' retreat -- A horse in the bathroom of the struggle for life -- Tax and the selfish girl or Does altruism need inverted commas? -- Genetic Calvinism or Demons and Dawkins -- 'He ain't heavy, he's my brother' or altruism and shared genes -- A new religion -- Paley's revenge or purpose regained -- Errors of heredity or the irrelevance of Darwinism to human life
Analysis Evolution
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Evolution (Biology) -- History.
Social Darwinism -- Philosophy.
LC no. 95083037
ISBN 1859723063