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Author Dennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement)

Title Darwin's dangerous idea : evolution and the meanings of life / Daniel C. Dennett.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, [1995]
©1995

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  576.8 DEN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  146.7 D41    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  146.7 DEN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  146.7 DENNETT    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  146.7 D399D    Check Shelf
Description 586 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-550) and index.
Contents Part I. Starting in the middle. Tell me why ; An idea is born ; Universal acid ; The tree of life ; The possible and the actual ; Threads of actuality in design space -- Part II. Darwinian thnking in biology. Priming Darwin's pump ; Biology is engineering ; Searching for quality ; Bully for brontosaurus -- Part III. Mind, meaning, mathematics, and morality. Controversies contained ; The cranes of culture ; Losing our minds to Darwin ; The evolution of meanings ; The emperor's new mind, and other fables ; On the origin of morality ; Redesigning morality ; The future of an idea.
Summary Proponent of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution discusses how the idea has been distorted and the correct way to think about evolution, and examines challenges to the theory and its impact on the future of humans.
Subject Natural selection.
Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
Human evolution -- Philosophy.
Biological Evolution. (DNLM)D005075
Philosophy. (DNLM)D010684
Biological Evolution -- philosophy.
Selection, Genetic. (DNLM)D012641
Natural selection.
Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
Human evolution -- Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00917312
Human evolution -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00963034
Natural selection. (OCoLC)fst01034520
Natuurlijke selectie.
Evolutie.
Natural selection.
Evolution -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Student Collection.
Other Form: Online version: Dennett, Daniel Clement. Darwin's dangerous idea. New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1995 (OCoLC)623383668
ISBN 0684802902 (hardback)
9780684802909 (hardback)
068482471X
9780684824710
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