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On Purpose by Michael Ruse
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £17.05An accessible history of the idea of purpose in Western thought, from ancient Greece to the presentCan we live without the idea of purpose? Should we even try to? Kant thought we were stuck with it,... -
Reading Ruse: Michael Ruse on Darwinism, Science, and Faith by Michael Ruse 9781666729047
RRP: £58.00Booksplease Price: £45.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666729047Author Michael RuseFormat HardbackPage Count 474Imprint -
Reading Ruse: Michael Ruse on Darwinism, Science, and Faith by Michael Ruse 9781666733440
RRP: £43.00Booksplease Price: £34.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666733440Author Michael RuseFormat PaperbackPage Count 474Imprint < -
Understanding Natural Selection by Michael Ruse
Booksplease Price: £16.87Natural selection, as introduced by Charles Darwin in the Origin of Species (1859), has always been a topic of great conceptual and empirical interest. This book puts Darwin's theory of evolution in... -
Monotheism and Contemporary Atheism by Michael Ruse
Booksplease Price: £19.72In this Element, Michael Ruse offers a critical analysis of contemporary atheism. He puts special emphasis on the work of so-called 'New Atheists': Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and... -
Philosophy of Biology by Michael Ruse 9781591025276
Booksplease Price: £20.69Biologists study life in its various physical forms, while philosophers of biology seek answers to questions about the nature, purpose, and impact of this research. What permits us to distinguish... -
Simply Darwin by Michael Ruse 9781943657100
RRP: £8.00Booksplease Price: £6.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943657100Author Michael RuseFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint < -
The Darwinian Revolution by Michael Ruse 9781108727839
Booksplease Price: £19.72What is the Darwinian revolution and why is it important for philosophers? These are the questions tackled in this Element. In four sections, the topics covered are the story of the revolution, the... -
A Meaning to Life by Michael Ruse 9780190933227
Booksplease Price: £30.48Does human life have any meaning? Does the question even make sense today? For centuries, the question of the meaning or purpose of human life was assumed by scholars and theologians to have a... -
Charles Darwin by Michael Ruse 9781405149129
RRP: £82.95Booksplease Price: £74.82The definitive work on the philosophical nature and impact of the theories of Charles Darwin, written by a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism. Broadly explores the... -
The Darwinian Paradigm by Michael Ruse 9780415754996
RRP: £55.99Booksplease Price: £52.44Charles Darwin's Origin of Species is now 130 years old, yet it continues to provoke fierce and impassioned debate. Michael Ruse, a distinguished champion of Darwin's theory of evolution, here... -
The Evolution-Creation Struggle by Michael Ruse 9780674022553
Booksplease Price: £28.37Creation versus evolution: What seems like a cultural crisis of our day, played out in courtrooms and classrooms across the county, is in fact part of a larger story reaching back through the... -
Sociobiology: Sense or Nonsense? by Michael Ruse 9789027717979
Booksplease Price: £46.58In June 1975, the distinguished Harvard entomologist Edward O. Wilson published a truly huge book entitled, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. In this book, drawing on both fact and theory, Wilson... -
Sociobiology: Sense or Nonsense? by Michael Ruse 9789400993914
Booksplease Price: £46.74In June 1975, the distinguished Harvard entomologist Edward O. Wilson published a truly huge book entitled, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. In this book, drawing on both fact and theory, Wilson... -
Darwinism and its Discontents by Michael Ruse 9780521728249
Booksplease Price: £28.58Presenting an ardent defence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, this book offers a clear and comprehensive exposition of Darwin's thinking. Michael Ruse brings the story up to date, examining... -
Philosophy of Biology Today by Michael Ruse 9780887069116
Booksplease Price: £25.65This short and highly accessible volume opens up the subject of the philosophy of biology to professionals and to students in both disciplines. The text covers briefly and clearly all of the... -
The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Ethics by Michael Ruse
Booksplease Price: £30.36Evolutionary ethics - the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification - began in the nineteenth century with the work of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, but was... -
A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings by Michael Ruse
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £12.78Why do we think ourselves superior to all other animals? Are we right to think so? In this book, Michael Ruse explores these questions in religion, science and philosophy. Some people think that the... -
Evolution and Religion: A Dialogue by Michael Ruse 9781442262058
Booksplease Price: £85.65Michael Ruse, a leading expert on Charles Darwin, presents a fictional dialogue among characters with sharply contrasting positions regarding the tensions between science and religious belief. Ruse's... -
Evolution and Religion: A Dialogue by Michael Ruse 9781442262065
Booksplease Price: £33.49Michael Ruse, a leading expert on Charles Darwin, presents a fictional dialogue among characters with sharply contrasting positions regarding the tensions between science and religious belief. Ruse's... -
Darwinism and its Discontents by Michael Ruse 9780521829472
Booksplease Price: £26.91Presenting an ardent defence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, this book offers a clear and comprehensive exposition of Darwin's thinking. Michael Ruse brings the story up to date, examining... -
Sociobiology: Sense or Nonsense? by Michael Ruse 9789027717986
Booksplease Price: £46.58In June 1975, the distinguished Harvard entomologist Edward O. Wilson published a truly huge book entitled, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. In this book, drawing on both fact and theory, Wilson... -
Understanding Natural Selection by Michael Ruse 9781316514788
Booksplease Price: £55.01Natural selection, as introduced by Charles Darwin in the Origin of Species (1859), has always been a topic of great conceptual and empirical interest. This book puts Darwin's theory of evolution in... -
The Philosophy of Human Evolution by Michael Ruse 9780521133722
Booksplease Price: £26.91This book provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, looking at the facts and interpretations since Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man. Michael Ruse explores... -
The Philosophy of Human Evolution by Michael Ruse 9780521117937
Booksplease Price: £80.05This book provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, looking at the facts and interpretations since Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man. Michael Ruse explores... -
Sociobiology: Sense or Nonsense? by Michael Ruse 9789027709400
Booksplease Price: £46.74In June 1975, the distinguished Harvard entomologist Edward O. Wilson published a truly huge book entitled, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. In this book, drawing on both fact and theory, Wilson... -
The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates by Michael Ruse 9780813530369
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £27.40The Evolution Wars draws on history, science, and philosophy to examine the development of evolutionary thought through the past two and a half centuries. It focuses on the debates that have engaged,... -
Evolutionary Naturalism: Selected Essays by Michael Ruse 9780415756150
RRP: £55.99Booksplease Price: £52.44This is a collection of essays on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology by the well-known Canadian scholar, Michael Ruse. Much has been written newly for the collection, as the author... -
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology by Michael Ruse 9780199737260
Booksplease Price: £67.02The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology is an exciting collection of new essays written especially to give the reader an introduction to one of the most vibrant areas of scholarship today, and... -
Understanding the Christianity–Evolution Relationship by Michael Ruse 9781009277280
Booksplease Price: £15.05The relationship between science and religion is a topic that runs rife with misconceptions, misunderstandings and debates. Are science and religion always in conflict? Is Darwin's theory of... -
The Cambridge Companion to the 'Origin of Species' by Michael Ruse 9780521691291
Booksplease Price: £33.80The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is universally recognised as one of the most important science books ever written. The Origin of Species is also a work of great cultural and religious... -
The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Ethics by Michael Ruse 9781107132955
Booksplease Price: £93.82Evolutionary ethics - the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification - began in the nineteenth century with the work of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, but was... -
The Cambridge Companion to the 'Origin of Species' by Michael Ruse 9780521870795
Booksplease Price: £92.84The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is universally recognised as one of the most important science books ever written. The Origin of Species is also a work of great cultural and religious... -
Genetically Modified Foods: Debating Biotechnology by Michael Ruse 9781573929967
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £17.95Finally, the real story about corporate America with its increased reliance on consultants. Since the 1990s, consulting solutions have become the de facto standard for solving business problems and... -
Charles Darwin: No Rebel, Great Revolutionary Michael Ruse 9781009438957
Booksplease Price: £70.89Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was one of the most significant revolutions in the history of science. Widely debated after the publication of the Origin of Species in 1859, it continues to be... -
The Stem Cell Controversy: Debating the Issues by Michael Ruse 9781591024040
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £17.95Stem cell research is headline news. Researchers are eager to move forward, state governments and private foundations are rushing to support it, and the sick and afflicted are desperate for its... -
The Gaia Hypothesis: Science on a Pagan Planet Michael Ruse 9780226731704
RRP: £23.00Booksplease Price: £20.99In 1965 English scientist James Lovelock had a flash of insight: the Earth is not just teeming with life; the Earth, in some sense, is life. He mulled this revolutionary idea over for several years,... -
Evolution: The First Four Billion Years by Michael Ruse 9780674062214
RRP: £38.95Booksplease Price: £33.39Spanning evolutionary science from its inception to its latest findings, from discoveries and data to philosophy and history, this book is the most complete, authoritative, and inviting one-volume... -
Charles Darwin: No Rebel, Great Revolutionary by Michael Ruse 9781009438940
Booksplease Price: £24.63Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was one of the most significant revolutions in the history of science. Widely debated after the publication of the Origin of Species in 1859, it continues to be... -
Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction? by Michael Ruse 9780674005433
Booksplease Price: £28.11With the recent Sokal hoax--the publication of a prominent physicist's pseudo-article in a leading journal of cultural studies--the status of science moved sharply from debate to dispute. Is science...