Eonix Papers

http://darwiniana.com/2010/09/01/fourth-edition-mans-unfinished-evolution/

http://darwiniana.com/2010/08/31/freedom-evolves-5/

Commentary on Dennett, and a link to WHEE

Fourth Edition of WHEE coming online

http://darwiniana.com/2010/08/29/evilicious-darwin-villains-and-the-oedipus-paradox/

From the fourth edition
The Metaphysics of Evolution:
There is nothing mysterious about the Darwin debate or the limitations of Darwinian theory: value-free science must eliminate questions of the value domain. But is this legitimate for the question of evolution? Related to this is the attempt to produce purely causal explanations of ethical behavior and its evolution. The positivist methodology of scientific reductionism, by declaring the rigid separation of facts and values, leaves us to wonder if nature itself truly respects this division in all its processes, especially those of evolutionary emergence. [Read more →]