Evolution as a Religion: Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears, Volume 10Psychology Press, 2002 - 212 pages According to The Guardian, Midgley is 'the foremost scourge of scientific pretentions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who fee she sometimes oversteps the mark'. This book examines how science comes to be used as a substitute for religion and points out how badly that role distorts it. Her argument is flawlessly insightful: a punch, compelling, lively indictment of these misuses of science. Both the book and its author are true classics of our time. |
Table des matières
Evolutionary Dramas | 1 |
Do Science and Religion Compete? | 11 |
Demarcation Disputes | 22 |
The Irresistible Escalator | 33 |
Choosing a World | 40 |
The Problem of Direction | 54 |
Scientist and Superscientist | 64 |
Dazzling Prospects | 76 |
Mixed Antitheses | 112 |
Science Scepticism and Awe | 122 |
The Service of Self and the Service of Kali | 134 |
Who or What is Selfish? | 143 |
Dreaming and Waking | 155 |
The Limits of Individualism | 163 |
The Vulnerable World and Its Claims on Us | 174 |
NOTES | 192 |
Black Holes Jacques Monod and the Isolation of Science | 86 |
Freedom and the Monte Carlo Drama | 95 |
Scientific Education and Human Transcience | 104 |
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