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    Philosophical Perspectives on Evolutionary Theory: A Sketch of the History

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    Authors
    tapper, Alan
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Tapper, Alan. 2010. Philosophical Perspectives on Evolutionary Theory: A Sketch of the History. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 92: pp. 461-464.
    Source Title
    Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
    ISSN
    0035-922X
    School
    Centre for Applied Ethics & Philosophy
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39097
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    Abstract

    Discussion of Darwinian evolutionary theory by philosophers has gone through a number of historical phases, from indifference (in the first hundred years), to criticism (in the 1960s and 70s), to enthusiasm and expansionism (since about 1980). This paper documents these phases and speculates about what, philosophically speaking, underlies them. It concludes with some comments on the present state of the evolutionary debate, where rapid and important changes within evolutionary theory may be passing by unnoticed by philosophers.

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