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The Art Instinct : Beauty, Pleasure, & Human Evolution

  • The Art Instinct : Beauty, Pleasure, & Human Evolution

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    Denis Dutton

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    Book, 1st U.S. ed, Bloomsbury Press, 2009

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    In a groundbreaking new book that does for art what Stephen Pinker?s The Language Instinct did for linguistics, Denis Dutton overturns a century of art theory and criticism and revolutionizes our understanding of the arts. Sure to provoke discussion in scientific circles and uproar in the art world, The Art Instinct offers radical new insights into both the nature of art and the workings of the human mind. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  BH39 .D84 2009  DUE 02-28-10

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Natural Selections : Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars, And Other Realities Of Evolution

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Ornithology, Evolution, And Philosophy : The Life And Science Of Ernst Mayr, 1904-2005

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Dazzle Gradually : Reflections On The Nature Of Nature

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Conceptual Issues In Evolutionary Biology

  • Conceptual Issues In Evolutionary Biology

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    edited by Elliott Sober

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    Book, 3rd ed, MIT Press, 2006

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    Four new sections have been added: on women in the evolutionary process, evolutionary psychology, laws in evolutionary theory, and race as social construction or biological reality. For example, the section on evolutionary psychology offers one essay by two founders of the field and another that questions its main tenets. the essays in this volume demonstrate that evolutionary biology and the philosophy of evolutionary biology are living, growing disciplines. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  QH366.2 .C64 2006  AVAILABLE

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Evolution : The Remarkable History Of A Scientific Theory

  • Evolution : The Remarkable History Of A Scientific Theory

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    Edward J. Larson

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    Book, Modern Library, 2006

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    Throughout, Larson trains his spotlight on the lives and careers of the scientists, explorers, and eccentrics whose collaborations and competitions have driven the theory of evolution forward. Celebrated as one of mankind?s crowning scientific achievements and reviled as a threat to our deepest values, the theory of evolution has utterly transformed our view of life, religion, origins, and the theory itself, and remains controversial, especially in the United States (where 90% of adults do not subscribe to the full Darwinian vision). (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  QH361 .L27 2006  AVAILABLE

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Darwinism & Philosophy

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The Changing Role Of The Embryo In Evolutionary Thought : Roots Of Evo-devo

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Life’s Solution : Inevitable Humans In A Lonely Universe

  • Life's Solution : Inevitable Humans In A Lonely Universe

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    Simon Conway Morris

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    Book, 1st pbk. ed, Cambridge University Press, 2005

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    Going against the grain of Darwinian orthodoxy, this book is a must read for anyone grappling with the meaning of evolution and our place in the Universe. His research focuses on the study of constraints on evolution, and the historical processes that lead to the emergence of complexity, especially with respect to the construction of the major animal body parts in the Cambrian explosion. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  QH360.5 .C66 2005  AVAILABLE

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Chaos And Life : Complexity And Order In Evolution And Thought

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Embryology, Epigenesis, And Evolution : Taking Development Seriously

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The Ancestor’s Tale : A Pilgrimage To The Dawn Of Evolution

  • The Ancestor's Tale : A Pilgrimage To The Dawn Of Evolution

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    Richard Dawkins

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    Book, Houghton Mifflin, 2004

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    The renowned biologist and thinker Richard Dawkins presents his most expansive work yet: a comprehensive look at evolution, ranging from the latest developments in the field to his own provocative views. Loosely based on the form of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Dawkins’s Tale takes us modern humans back through four billion years of life on our planet. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  QH361 .D39 2004  AVAILABLE

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Darwin And Design : Does Evolution Have A Purpose?

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Dawkins Vs. Gould : Survival Of The Fittest

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Denying Evolution : Creationism, Scientism, And The Nature Of Science

  • Denying Evolution : Creationism, Scientism, And The Nature Of Science

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    Massimo Pigliucci

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    Book, Sinauer Associates, 2002

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    It presents a truly “balanced” treatment, not in the sense of treating creationism as a legitimate scientific theory (it demonstrably is not), but in the sense of dividing the blame for the controversy equally between creationists and scientists?the former for subscribing to various forms of anti-intellectualism, the latter for discounting science education and presenting science as scientism to the public and the media. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  QH366.2 .P54 2002  AVAILABLE

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