Monad to Man

The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology

Michael Ruse

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    1. Progress and Culture

    2. The Birth of Evolutionism

    3. The Nineteenth Century: From Cuvier to Owen

    4. Charles Darwin and Progress

    5. Evolution as World View

    6. The Professional Biologist

    7. Evolution Travels West

    8. British Evolutionists and Mendelian Genetics

    9. Discipline Building in Britain

    10. The Genetics of Populations

    11. The Synthesis

    12. Professional Evolutionism

    13. Contemporary Debates

    14. Conclusion

    Notes

    Bibliography

    Credits

    Index

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Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University. He is the founder and editor of the journal Biology and Philosophy, and has appeared on “Quirks and Quarks” and the Discovery Channel.