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THE DARWINIAN PARADIGM

THE DARWINIAN

PARADIGM

Essays on its history, philosophy,

and religious implications

MICHAEL RUSE

ROUTLEDGE

London and New York

First published in 1989 by

Routledge

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Ruse, Michael

The Darwinian Paradigm: essays on its

history, philosophy, and religious

implications.

1. Organisms. Evolution. Philosophical

perspectives

I. Title

116

ISBN 0-203-98127-8 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-415-00300-8 (Print Edition)

Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data

Ruse, Michael.

The Darwinian Paradigm: essays on its history, philosophy, and

religious implications/by Michael Ruse

p. cm.

Bibliography: p.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-415-00300-8

1. Evolution. 2. Evolution Philosophy 3. Natural selection.

4. Darwin, Charles, 1809–1882. I. Title.

QH371.R8 1989

575–dc19 88-23985

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For William and Ursula Ruse with affection