Dawkins' God From the Selfish Gene to the God Delusion.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McGrath, Alister E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Dawkins' God: From The Selfish Gene to The God Delusion
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Darwinism: The Rise of a Scientific Theory
  • Natural Selection: Charles Darwin
  • The Mechanics of Inheritance: Gregor Mendel
  • The Discovery of the Gene: Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • The Role of DNA in Genetics
  • What's in a Name? "Darwinism" or "Evolutionary Theory"?
  • Chapter 2 The Selfish Gene: A Darwinian View of the World
  • Introducing Dawkins
  • Dawkins' Approach: The Selfish Gene
  • The Place of Humanity in a Darwinian Universe
  • Are Genes Really Selfish?
  • What Remains of the "Selfish Gene" Approach?
  • Chapter 3 Blind Faith? Evidence, Proof, and Rationality in Science and Religion
  • Faith as Blind Trust?
  • Is Atheism Itself a Faith?
  • Is Christian Faith Irrational?
  • The Problem of Radical Theory Change in Science
  • The Limits of Science
  • Mystery, Insanity, and Nonsense
  • Chapter 4 The Blind Watchmaker: Evolution and the Elimination of God?
  • The Contours of a Darwinian Worldview
  • Is Darwinism a Complete Explanation?
  • God as an Explanatory Hypothesis?
  • The Elimination of Purpose: Dawkins on Teleology in Nature
  • The Divine Watchmaker: Paley's Grand (but Correctable) Mistake
  • Dynamic Conceptions of Creation: Augustine of Hippo
  • Natural Selection and Religious Beliefs: Darwin's Views
  • The Christian Reaction to Darwin
  • Chapter 5 Cultural Darwinism? The Invention of the Meme
  • Universal Darwinism: The Evolution of Culture
  • Introducing the Meme
  • Introducing the "God-Meme"
  • Is Cultural Development Darwinian?
  • Do Memes Actually Exist?
  • The Flawed Analogy between Gene and Meme
  • The Redundancy of the Meme
  • God as a Virus of the Mind?
  • Moving On ...
  • Chapter 6 The God Delusion: Dawkins on Atheism, Science, and Religion
  • The Cultural Location of The God Delusion
  • The "Warfare" of Science and Religion
  • Natural Science Leads to Neither Atheism Nor Christianity
  • Science, Faith, and Evidence
  • A Darwinian Explanation of Belief in God?
  • Awe, Wonder, and Religion
  • Conclusion
  • Select Bibliography
  • 1. Works by Richard Dawkins
  • Other works
  • Index
  • End User License Agreement

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