Dawkins' GOD Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McGrath, Alister E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2004.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Contents
  • Encountering Dawkins: A Personal Account
  • 1 Selfish Gene: A Darwinian View of the World
  • Introducing Dawkins
  • The New Approach: Charles Darwin
  • The Mechanics of Inheritance: Mendel and Genetics
  • The Discovery of the Gene
  • The Role of DNA in Genetics
  • Dawkins' Approach: The Selfish Gene
  • River out of Eden: Exploring a Darwinian world
  • 2 The Blind Watchmaker: Evolution and the Elimination of God?
  • Natural Science Leads Neither to Atheism Nor Christianity
  • God as an Explanatory Hypothesis
  • The Case of William Paley
  • The Religious Views of Charles Darwin
  • The Christian Reaction to Darwin
  • 3 Proof and Faith: The Place of Evidence in Science and Religion
  • Faith as Blind Trust?
  • Is Atheism Itself a Faith?
  • Christian Faith as Irrational?
  • The Problem of Radical Theory Change in Science
  • The Rhetorical Amplification of the Case for Atheism
  • 4 Cultural Darwinism? The Curious "Science" of Memetics
  • The Origins of the 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?
  • 5 Science and Religion: Dialogue or Intellectual Appeasement?
  • The "Warfare" of Science and Religion
  • The Poky Little Medieval Universe of Religion
  • The Concept of Awe
  • The Mind of God
  • Mystery, Insanity, and Nonsense
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Works Consulted
  • Index

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