Daniel Dennett: Darwin`s Dangerous IdeaPenguin Books This work assesses Darwin's theory of evolution and looks at why it arises such heated debate among scientists, philosophers and sociologists. The book aims to show that Darwinism does not devalue the miracles of life. |
There is no such thing as philosophy-free science; there is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination.
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If I were to give an award for the single best idea anyone has ever had, I'd give it to Darwin, ahead of Newton and Einstein and everyone else. In a single stroke, the idea of evolution by natural selection unifies the realm of life, meaning, and purpose with the realm of space and time, cause and effect, mechanism and physical law.
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The only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it.
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