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Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
Publication year:
2017
Original publication year:
2017
ISBN:
978-0-593-07751-1
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Table of Contents:
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Author's introduction
Editor's introduction
I The value(s) of science
The values of science and the science of values
Speaking up for science: an open letter to Prince Charles
Science and sensibility
Dolittle and Darwin
II All its merciless glory
'More Darwinian than Darwin': the Darwin—Wallace papers
Universal Darwinism
An ecology of replicators
Twelve misunderstandings of kin selection
Ill Future conditional
Net gain
Intelligent aliens
Searching under the lamp-post
Fifty years on: killing the soul?
IV Mind control, mischief and muddle
The 'Alabama Insert'
The guided missiles of 9/11
The theology of the tsunami
Merry Christmas, Prime Minister!
The science of religion
Is science a religion?
Atheists for Jesus
V Living in the real world
The dead hand of Plato
'Beyond reasonable doubt'?
But can they suffer?
I love fireworks, but...
Who would rally against reason?
In praise of subtitles; or, a drubbing for dubbing
If I ruled the world...
VI The sacred truth of nature
About time
The giant tortoise's tale: islands within islands
The sea turtle's tale: there and back again (and again?)
Farewell to a digerati dreamer
VII Laughing at live dragons
Fundraising for faith
The Great Bus Mystery
Jarvis and the Family Tree
Gerin Oil
Sage elder statesman of the dinosaur fancy
Athorism: let's hope it's a lasting vogue
Dawkins' Laws
VIII No man is an island
Memories of a maestro
O my beloved father: John Dawkins, 1915-2010
More than my uncle: A. F. 'Bill' Dawkins, 1916-2009
Honouring Hitch
Sources and acknowledgements
Bibliography of works cited
Index
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