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... minds of both scientists and laymen, as biological science and technology focus increasingly on man and his behavior and as the modern world appears ever more threatening. Beginning in the 1960s, a number of leading scientists in the ...
... minds of both scientists and laymen, as biological science and technology focus increasingly on man and his behavior and as the modern world appears ever more threatening. Beginning in the 1960s, a number of leading scientists in the ...
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... minds, and societies, we are simply the expression of our naturally selected genetic programs, the survival and ... mind," "self," and "soul," which, paradoxically, now threaten our existence. In the place of these values, the ...
... minds, and societies, we are simply the expression of our naturally selected genetic programs, the survival and ... mind," "self," and "soul," which, paradoxically, now threaten our existence. In the place of these values, the ...
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... minds and spirits of men, while rescuing American youth from decadence and self- indulgence by imbuing them with a sense of ... mind and society. The ever more confident claims of contemporary biologists that the Darwinian Revolution was ...
... minds and spirits of men, while rescuing American youth from decadence and self- indulgence by imbuing them with a sense of ... mind and society. The ever more confident claims of contemporary biologists that the Darwinian Revolution was ...
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Howard L. Kaye. problems and tensions within the minds of many over the last century, they were problems that most found ways to solve within the context of established convictions. To say that Darwinism destroyed old beliefs and ways of ...
Howard L. Kaye. problems and tensions within the minds of many over the last century, they were problems that most found ways to solve within the context of established convictions. To say that Darwinism destroyed old beliefs and ways of ...
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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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