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Darwin's Dice - The Idea of Chance in the Thought of Charles Darwin (Hardcover)
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Darwin's Dice - The Idea of Chance in the Thought of Charles Darwin (Hardcover)
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For evolutionary biologists, the concept of chance has always
played a significant role in the formation of evolutionary theory.
As far back as Greek antiquity, chance and "luck" were understood
to be key factors in the evolution of the natural world.
Emphasizing chance is an entire way of thinking about nature, and
it is also one of the key ideas that separates Charles Darwin from
other systematic biologists of his time. Studying the concept of
chance in Darwin's writing reveals core ideas in his theory of
evolution, as well as his reflections on design, purpose, and
randomness in nature's progression over the course of
history.
In Darwin's Dice: The Idea of Chance in the Thought of Charles
Darwin, Curtis Johnson does exactly that. He examines the work of
Darwin in terms of his views on randomness and chance, and how the
views changed as his work progressed. Randomness was a focal point
for Darwin, and pursuing it as a theme helped significantly
transform his research. Darwin's Dice shows us how Darwin defined
"chance," and explores Darwin's influential architect metaphor in
relation to the idea. Through the lens of randomness, Johnson
reveals how Darwin's treatment of free will becomes more complex.
This approach can shed light on many other quirks and points of
interest in Darwin's work, including the curiously shifting
presence of giraffes in subsequent drafts of On the Origin of
Species. Johnson also reexamines Darwin's "Metaphysical Notebooks,"
and discusses the role Darwin felt that chance plays in morality
and religion.
Darwin's Dice presents a new way to look at Darwinist thought and
the writings on Charles Darwin. Curtis Johnson reveals that chance
and randomness play a large part in Darwinist thought, and that we
can better understand Darwin's work by understanding that part.
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