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Index
STEPHEN JAY GOULD and the politics of evolution
contents
acknowledgments
introduction
Chapter 1 - a charming style
The M Word
The J Word
Style Makes the Manuscript
Scientific Witnessing
Personal Reminiscence
Situating Evolutionary Biology in a Cultural Context
Informality
Metaphor
Dichotomy
Empathy
From the Particular to the General
The Serious Popularizer
Tensions
notes
Chapter 2 - philosophy of science
Provisional Truth vs. Relativism
Experimental vs. Narrative Science
Reductionism vs. Holism
Is vs. Ought
Science vs. Humanism
notes
Chapter 3 - the contours of history
A Shaky Orthodoxy
The Pattern in the Rocks
The Theory with a Life of Its Own
The Contingency of History
notes
Chapter 4 - the politics of human nature
Adaptationism
Sociobiology
Two Morals
notes
Chapter 5 - science and human inequality
Measuring Talent
Second Verse
The Missing Third Verse
Conclusion: The Science of Inequality
notes
Chapter 6 - science and religion
Barbarians at the Gates
Salvation
Conclusion
notes
Chapter 7 - A New Theory?
A Grand Theory?
Two Good Ideas
A Postscript on the History and Philosophy of Science
notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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