Darwin, Social Theory, and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge

This essay considers ways in which Darwin's account of natural processes was influenced by economic, ethical, and natural-theological theories in his own day. It argues that the Anabaptist concept of “the gospel of all creatures” calls into question alliances between evolutionary theory and soc...

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Main Author: Murphy, Nancey C. 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1999
In: Zygon
Year: 1999, Volume: 34, Issue: 4, Pages: 573-600
Further subjects:B Religion and science
B Social Darwinism
B Thomas Malthus
B nonreductive physicalism
B Charles Darwin
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