Between ideology and science
By Shlomo Avineri
When “The Origin of Species” was published, Engels wrote Marx with quite a bit of satisfaction about the way it confronted traditional theological views. Marx, however, was much more skeptical, and wrote: “Darwin rediscovered his English society among animals and plants, with its division of labor, competition, the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Evolution'
Shlomo Avineri: Marx and Darwin
April 20th, 2009 · No Comments
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Evolution in the small, in the large
April 20th, 2009 · No Comments
Why the eonic model beats out Darwinism (on human evolution)
The problem with Darwin’s theory of natural selection is that it over-focuses attention on the small. What of the possibility of invisible macro factors that stand beyond the action of the small-scale. Everything in the debate suggests something is being missed. But what is that? It [...]
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Darwinism and scientism
April 5th, 2009 · No Comments
‘Scientism’ infects Darwinian debates
An unflinching belief that science can explain everything about evolution becomes its own ideology
By Douglas Todd, Vancouver SunApril 4, 2009
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Huxley and evolution #2
January 26th, 2009 · No Comments
A selection from WHEE that isn’t online: Huxley and evolution #2
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Stories, epics, dragons
December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Dragonslayer: reference to the eonic evolution of literatures in the eonic sequence, re: How To Kill A Dragon, by Clavert Watkins.
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