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    Charles Darwin

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    Charles Darwin's theory of evolution continues to be controversial. Offering a ground-breaking introduction to the history and plausibility of the theory, this book shows that the theory is supportive of…

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    Charles Darwin

    Michael Ruse

    Charles Darwin's theory of evolution continues to be controversial. Offering a ground-breaking introduction to the history and plausibility of the theory, this book shows that the theory is supportive of…

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    Reading Ruse

    Michael Ruse

    Philosopher of science Michael Ruse is an influential and provocative voice in current debates on biology, religion, and ethics. This collection brings into one volume representative samples of the broad…

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    Reading Ruse

    Michael Ruse

    Philosopher of science Michael Ruse is an influential and provocative voice in current debates on biology, religion, and ethics. This collection brings into one volume representative samples of the broad…

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    Science, Evolution, and Religion: A Debate about Atheism and Theism

    Michael Peterson,Michael Ruse

    The science-religion debate is a hot topic in academic circles and contemporary culture, and evolution makes the subject particularly contentious. Does modern science tip the scales toward atheism? Or does…

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    MP: The Life Of Michael Peterson

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    Covers everything from Peterson’s early life with an abusive stepfather, to his celebrated victories in numerous surfing competitions, to his descent into the drug scene, his imprisonment and subsequent institutionlisation.

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    Jesus and the Genome

    Michael L. Peterson, Timothy J. Pawl, Ben F. Brammell

    Is a coherent worldview that embraces both classical Christology and modern evolutionary biology possible? This volume explores this fundamental question through an engaged inquiry into key topics, such as the…

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    Jesus and the Genome

    Michael L. Peterson, Timothy J. Pawl, Ben F. Brammell

    Is a coherent worldview that embraces both classical Christology and modern evolutionary biology possible? This volume explores this fundamental question through an engaged inquiry into key topics, such as the…

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    Evolution and Religion: A Dialogue

    Michael Ruse

    Michael Ruse, a leading expert on Charles Darwin, presents a fictional dialogue among characters with sharply contrasting positions regarding the tensions between science and religious belief.

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    The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates

    Michael Ruse

    This text draws on history, science and philosophy to examine the development of evolutionary thought through the past two and a half centuries. The book focuses on the debates that…

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    Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy

    Michael Ruse

    Challenges the arguments as well as the claims of creationism seeping into mainstream education, science, and philosophy. This book re-establishes solid arguments supporting the science of Charles Darwin.

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    Defining Darwin: Essays on the History and Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology

    Michael Ruse

    A collection of essays that evaluates the legacy of Darwin. Beginning with pre-Darwinian concepts of organic origins proposed by the great German philosopher Immanuel Kant, it shows the challenges that…

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    The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates

    2009 marked the 200-year anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. This timely update of The Evolution Wars draws on history, science, and philosophy to examine the development of evolutionary thought through…

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    Evolution and Religion: A Dialogue

    Michael Ruse

    Michael Ruse, a leading expert on Charles Darwin, presents a fictional dialogue among characters with sharply contrasting positions regarding the tensions between science and religious belief.

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    The Darwinian Paradigm

    Michael Ruse

    A collection of essays - some already published, many new, which tackle the Darwinian paradigm from historical and contemporary perspectives.

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    Philosophy of Biology Today

    Michael Ruse

    This short and highly accessible volume opens up the subject of the philosophy of biology to professionals and to students in both disciplines. The text covers briefly and clearly all…

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    Evolution and Christianity

    Michael Ruse

    This Element discusses the relationship between Christianity and evolutionary theory, with special emphasis on Darwinian evolutionary theory (Darwinism). It is argued that there are ways forward, and Christianity and evolutionary…

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    The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought

    This volume is a comprehensive reference work on the life, labors and influence of the great evolutionist Charles Darwin. With more than sixty essays written by an international group representing…

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    Philosophy of Biology

    Biologists study life in its various physical forms, while philosophers of biology seek answers to questions about the nature, purpose, and impact of this research. This edition contains material on…

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    On Purpose

    Michael Ruse

    An accessible history of the idea of purpose in Western thought, from ancient Greece to the present Can we live without the idea of purpose? Should we even try to…

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    On Purpose

    Michael Ruse

    An accessible history of the idea of purpose in Western thought, from ancient Greece to the present Can we live without the idea of purpose? Should we even try to…

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    The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology

    The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology contains exciting new essays written to introduce the reader to one of the most vibrant areas of scholarship today. The handbook covers the…

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    Philosophy after Darwin: Classic and Contemporary Readings

    An anthology of essential writings that cover some of the most influential ideas about the philosophical implications of Darwinism, since the publication of On the Origin of Species .

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    Evolutionary Naturalism: Selected Essays

    Michael Ruse

    A collection of essays on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology which put the theory of knowledge and of moral behaviour on a philosophical basis informed by contemporary evolutionary…

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    The Darwinian Paradigm

    Michael Ruse

    A collection of essays which tackle the Darwinian paradigm from historical and contemporary perspectives, debating science and ethical issues.

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    Sociobiology: Sense or Nonsense?

    Michael Ruse

    In this book, drawing on both fact and theory, Wilson tried to present a com prehensive overview of the rapidly growing subject of ‘sociobiology’, the study of the biological nature…

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    Sociobiology: Sense or Nonsense?

    Michael Ruse

    In this book, drawing on both fact and theory, Wilson tried to present a com prehensive overview of the rapidly growing subject of ‘sociobiology’, the study of the biological nature…

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    Evolutionary Naturalism: Selected Essays

    Michael Ruse

    A collection of essays on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology which put the theory of knowledge and of moral behaviour on a philosophical basis informed by contemporary evolutionary…

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    The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology

    The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology contains exciting new essays written to introduce the reader to one of the most vibrant areas of scholarship today. The handbook covers the…

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    Understanding the Christianity-Evolution Relationship

    Michael Ruse

    This book explores the relationship between religion and the life sciences, focusing on Christianity and evolution. It brings fresh insights to the science/religion debate for general readers, undergraduate and graduate…

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    The Darwinian Revolution: Science Red in Tooth and Claw

    Michael Ruse

    Originally published in 1979, The Darwinian Revolution was a comprehensive synthesis of the history of evolutionary thought. For this edition, Michael Ruse has written an afterword that takes into account…

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    The Gaia Hypothesis

    Michael Ruse

    In 1965 English scientist James Lovelock had a flash of insight: the Earth is not just teeming with life; the Earth, in some sense, is life. In this book, the…

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    Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction?

    Michael Ruse

    Beginning with Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles) and ending with the work of the English game theorist Geoffrey Parker and the American paleontologist Jack Sepkoski, Ruse explicates the role of…

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    Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose?

    Michael Ruse

    In clear, non-technical language, Ruse offers a full and fair assessment of the status of the argument from design in light of both the advances of modern evolutionary biology and…

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    The Evolution-Creation Struggle

    Michael Ruse

    Ruse uncovers surprising similarities between evolutionist and creationist thinking. Reaching beyond the biblical issues at stake, he demonstrates that these two diametrically opposed ideologies have, since the Enlightenment, engaged in…

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    Monad to Man: The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology

    Michael Ruse

    In interviews with today’s major figures in evolutionary biology–including Stephen Jay Gould, E. O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, and John Maynard Smith–Ruse offers an unparalleled account of evolutionary theory, from popular…

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    Charles Darwin

    Michael Ruse

    The definitive work on the philosophical nature and impact of the theories of Charles Darwin, written by a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism.

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    The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Philosophy and Religion

    Exploring mysteries that have evoked wonder and consternation for millennia, this handbook covers topics such as the nature of divinity and humanity, the legitimacy of religious experience, the possibility of…

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    Nature Animated

    Michael Ruse

    These remarks preface two volumes consisting of the proceedings of the Third International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science of the International Union of History and Philosophy of…

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    Understanding Natural Selection

    Michael Ruse (University of Guelph, Ontario)

    Natural selection is seen to be profoundly important for understanding culture, morality and religion. This short book explains Charles Darwin’s mechanism of natural selection and puts it in historical context…

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    Understanding Natural Selection

    Michael Ruse (University of Guelph, Ontario)

    Natural selection is seen to be profoundly important for understanding culture, morality and religion. This short book explains Charles Darwin’s mechanism of natural selection and puts it in historical context…

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    The Philosophy of Human Evolution

    Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

    Michael Ruse provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, exploring such topics as the nature of scientific theories, the relationships between culture and biology, the problem…

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    Can a Darwinian be a Christian?: The Relationship between Science and Religion

    Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

    Ruse argues that Darwinian and Christian beliefs are not totally incompatible.

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    Darwinism and its Discontents

    Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

    Presenting an ardent defence of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, this book offers a clear and comprehensive exposition of Darwin’s thinking. Michael Ruse brings the story up to date, examining…

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    Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science

    Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

    Ruse offers a new analysis of the relationship between science and religion, asserting that although science is the highest level of human inquiry, there is room for religious faith. Scientists…

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    The Darwinian Revolution

    Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

    What is the Darwinian revolution and why is it important for philosophers? These are the questions tackled in this Element. In four sections, the topics covered are the story of…

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    Monotheism and Contemporary Atheism

    Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

    In this Element, Michael Ruse offers a critical analysis of contemporary atheism. He puts special emphasis on the work of so-called ‘New Atheists’: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and…

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    The Philosophy of Human Evolution

    Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

    Michael Ruse provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, exploring such topics as the nature of scientific theories, the relationships between culture and biology, the problem…

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