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... struggle for existence'" (Marx 1979, p. 157 [letter to Engels, June 18, 1862]), but few would consider Darwinian theory thereby discredited. The constraints of scientific paradigms, personal commitments, and cultural contexts are also ...
... struggle for existence'" (Marx 1979, p. 157 [letter to Engels, June 18, 1862]), but few would consider Darwinian theory thereby discredited. The constraints of scientific paradigms, personal commitments, and cultural contexts are also ...
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... finds itself faced with annihilation as some natural force — earth, fire, air, or water — bursts in upon their lavish, artificial environment as punishment for technological and cultural hubris. A struggle 8 Introduction.
... finds itself faced with annihilation as some natural force — earth, fire, air, or water — bursts in upon their lavish, artificial environment as punishment for technological and cultural hubris. A struggle 8 Introduction.
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... struggle for existence ensues in which the weak and deviant are eliminated and the physically and morally strong survive through the emergence of a cohesive, "natural" society, headed by a "born leader." The disaster is thus presented ...
... struggle for existence ensues in which the weak and deviant are eliminated and the physically and morally strong survive through the emergence of a cohesive, "natural" society, headed by a "born leader." The disaster is thus presented ...
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... struggle. With God a victim of "structural unemployment," the species created in his image was reduced in stature to its proper position: a rather plebeian primate species descended from other, even less remarkable primates. With so ...
... struggle. With God a victim of "structural unemployment," the species created in his image was reduced in stature to its proper position: a rather plebeian primate species descended from other, even less remarkable primates. With so ...
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... struggle with the Soviets for the minds and spirits of men, while rescuing American youth from decadence and self- indulgence by imbuing them with a sense of meaning and purpose in life (1959, pp. 140, 146). Muller concluded by calling ...
... struggle with the Soviets for the minds and spirits of men, while rescuing American youth from decadence and self- indulgence by imbuing them with a sense of meaning and purpose in life (1959, pp. 140, 146). Muller concluded by calling ...
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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