Tag: Michael Flannery
Biology’s “Best-Kept Secret” — Alfred Wallace’s Classic Is Out Now in a New Edition
On the subject of evolution, the scientific “consensus” depends on maintaining the our forgetfulness of Charles Darwin’s great partner, rival, and challenger.
Louis Agassiz and the National Academy’s Secret
Abraham Lincoln signed the Academy into law with Agassiz by his side.
An Artist Examines Evolution
We may dispute what Darwin felt or thought in the privacy of his study — but the bulk of his writings fall clearly into advocating for one perspective: naturalism.
Just the Facts? Michael Flannery on Charles Darwin and Materialism
Learn more about Darwin’s experiences at the University of Edinburgh with the Plinian Society, and his interaction with prominent atheists near the end of his life.
Flannery: A Farewell to Gertrude Himmelfarb, Pioneering Darwin Critic
Gutsy, bold, and precise in her scholarship, she saw Darwin’s theory as offering convenient “scientific” support for class-divided, untrammeled survival-of-the-fittest industrial competition.