Dawkins' God · From the Selfish Gene to the God Delusion by McGrath, Alister E. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Series page Title page Copyright page Dedication page Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Darwinism

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”?

2 The Selfish Gene

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?

3 Blind Faith?

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

4 The Blind Watchmaker

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

5 Cultural Darwinism?

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 …

6 The God Delusion

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

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