Elliot Sober, Darwin's universal impact, Mon 6 July
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Philosophical implications of Darwin's theory of evolution
Professor Elliott Sober (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA) Summary: What are the philosophical implications of Darwin's theory of evolution? Do they show that there is no God, that materialism is true, and that ethics is a matter of opinion, not fact? Here I think we need to remember what the biochemist Jacques Monod said in another context: “any confusion between the ideas suggested by science and science itself must be carefully avoided”. In this connection, I’ll discuss Darwin’s theory and its relation to what is now called methodological naturalism. |
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| Created: | 2009-10-15 14:18 |
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| Collection: | Darwin Festival 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | University of Cambridge, Darwin Festival 2009 |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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| Keywords: | Darwin; Elliot; Sober; Philosophy; theory; of; evolution; god; materialism; fact; evolution; behaviour; evidence; evolution; logic; science; |
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| Abstract: | Biography: Elliott Sober is Hans Reichenbach Professor of Philosophy and William F Vilas Research Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research is in the philosophy of science, especially in the philosophy of evolutionary biology. Elliott Sober’s books include: The Nature of Selection – Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus (1984); Reconstructing the Past – Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference (1988); Philosophy of Biology (1993); Unto Others – The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior (1998; co-authored with David Sloan Wilson); and Evidence and Evolution – the Logic Behind the Science (2008). |
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