Was Hitler a Darwinian? : disputed questions in the history of evolutionary theory / Robert J. Richards.
- Richards, Robert J. (Robert John), 1942-
- Date:
- 2013
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Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
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269 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index.
Contents
Darwin's theory of natural selection and its moral purpose -- Appendix 1: the logic of Darwin's long argument -- Appendix 2: the historical ontology and location of scientific theories -- Darwin's principle of divergence: why Fodor was almost right -- Darwin's romantic quest: mind, morals, and emotions -- Appendix: assessment of Darwin's moral theory -- The relation of Spencer's evolutionary theory to Darwin's -- Ernst Haeckel's scientific and artistic struggles -- Haeckel's embryos: fraud not proven -- The linguistic creation of man: August Schleicher and the missing link in Darwinian theory -- Was Hitler a Darwinian?
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Location Status History of MedicineAOS.AN.AA8-9Open shelves
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- 9780226058764
- 022605876X
- 9780226058931
- 022605893X