Concept
Philosophy of evolution
Overview
branch of philosophy of science
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(2) The philosophy of evolution, which was to be our second example, illustrates the same tendency to hasty generalisation, and also another sort, namely, the undue preoccupation with ethical notions. There are two kinds of evolutionist philosophy, of which both Hegel and Spencer represent the older and less radical kind, while Pragmatism and Bergson represent the more modern and revolutionary variety. But both…
Bertrand Russell, Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays
Opens on Philosophy of evolution; names Philosophy of evolution.
The struggle for existence has been construed into the gospel of hate. The full conclusion to be drawn from a philosophy of evolution is fortunately of a more balanced character. Successful organisms modify their environment. Those organisms are successful which modify their environments so as to assist each other. This law is exemplified in nature on a vast scale.
Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the modern world
States what Philosophy of evolution is; names Philosophy of evolution.
Some such doctrine of _atomistic hylozoism_ as this is an indispensable part of a thorough-going philosophy of evolution. According to it there must be an infinite number of degrees of consciousness, following the degrees of complication and aggregation of the primordial mind-dust.
William James, The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1
Names Philosophy of evolution.
Related ideas
- E. O. Wilson
- Harvard University Press
- Philosophy of biology
- Karl Popper
- Organism
- Natural selection
- Aesthetics
- Species
- University of California Press
- Political philosophy
- Process philosophy
- Evolutionary ethics
- David Sloan Wilson
- On the Origin of Species
- Evolutionary biology
- Gene
- Group selection
- Steven Pinker
- Oxford University Press
- Computation
- Charles Darwin
- Evolution
- Epistemology
- Ethics
Place in the tradition
Part of Philosophy of biology.