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879743
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Dennett, D. C., (Daniel Clement)
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Darwin's dangerous idea : : evolution and the meanings of life /\ Daniel C. Dennett.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Simon & Schuster,, [1995]
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, ©1995
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586 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0684802902
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: 9780684802909
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068482471X
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9780684824710
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-550) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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.
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Evolution (Biology)-- Philosophy.
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Human evolution-- Philosophy.
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Natural selection.
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Biological Evolution-- philosophy.
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Biological Evolution.
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Philosophy.
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Selection, Genetic.
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Evolution (Biology)-- Philosophy.
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Evolution (Biology)-- Philosophy.
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Evolution-- Philosophy.
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Human evolution-- Philosophy.
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Human evolution-- Philosophy.
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Natural selection.
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Natural selection.
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Natural selection.
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Evolutie.
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Natuurlijke selectie.
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| Dewey Classification
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146/.7
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| LC Classification
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QH375.D45 1995
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08.42bcl
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42.21bcl
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Q11clc
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