Tag: Friedrich Engels
Three Thousand Years of Darwinism
I began to suspect that Darwinism was being taught at school in a somewhat philosophically decontextualized way, lacking historical background.
Did Darwin Banish Teleology from Nature or Not?
James G. Lennox quotes from an 1862 essay, where Darwin wrote that “the final cause of all this mimicry” among butterflies is evading predation.
Old Wine in New Bottles: How Darwin Recruited Malthus to Fortify a Failed Idea from Antiquity
It was undoubtedly a tremendous philosophical coup for Darwin whose knowledge of formal philosophy was limited.
Rejecting Evolution Because of Anti-Communism? Charge by Cornell U Press Book Fails to Detonate
Weinberg takes a historically accurate claim — that many creationists over the years blamed communism on evolution — and then blows it way out of proportion.
Darwinism and Critical Theory — The Connection
“Strange that it may seem, Darwin plays a central role in this drama. Karl Marx himself credited Darwin with much of his basic insight into human history.”