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... laws of planetary motion (1962, pp. 143-45). And Einstein's equally metaphysical beliefs that "existence should have a completely harmonious structure" and that "God does not play at dice" may have motivated his rejection of quantum ...
... laws of planetary motion (1962, pp. 143-45). And Einstein's equally metaphysical beliefs that "existence should have a completely harmonious structure" and that "God does not play at dice" may have motivated his rejection of quantum ...
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... laws of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved. — CHARLES DARWIN (1859, p. 490) Never in the history of man has so terrific a calamity befallen the race as ...
... laws of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved. — CHARLES DARWIN (1859, p. 490) Never in the history of man has so terrific a calamity befallen the race as ...
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... laws" as an inherently reactionary defense of the capitalist status quo. Given Marx's own use of "organic analogies" and the "uniform action of natural laws" to explain human history, this may be the first time that Marx has ...
... laws" as an inherently reactionary defense of the capitalist status quo. Given Marx's own use of "organic analogies" and the "uniform action of natural laws" to explain human history, this may be the first time that Marx has ...
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Contents
From Metaphysics to Molecular Biology | 44 |
From Molecular Biology to Social Theory | 77 |
The Natural Theology of E O Wilson | 96 |
The Popularization of Human Sociobiology | 136 |
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