Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog: Beyond Darwinism and Creationism
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0253220513 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Cosans teaches philosophy at Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne.. Christopher E
Huxley by contrast, argued that because you can find a hippocampus minor in both ape and human brains, there was no great difference. It also shows how this episode can shed light on current philosophical notions of scientific practice and how they in turn influence our understanding of the history of science. The book advances the current historical discussion of the Owen–Huxley debate by making clear that Owen's anatomical claims had much more support than most historians and philosophers of science assume.One vital way Owen and Huxley differed in their approach to anatomy was how they handled absolute brain size. With the debate between Richard Owen and Thomas Huxley on the differences between the ape and human brains as its focus, this book explores some of the ways in which philosophical ideas and scientific practice influenced the discussion of evolution in the years before and after Darwin's publication of Origin of Species in 1859. Owen argued that because the average human brain size was more than double the size of the record ape brain, absolute brain size distinguished humans from apes. In his 1863 book, Huxley had the artist
Decent history, but muddled science This is a muddled attempt by a non-scientist to critique science and scientists, based on a startling number of misconceptions and errors. These include a nearly desperate teleological desire, and a misguided application of sociopolitical theory to the process of science. The debunked linkage of Darwin to Huxley to Hitler is, of course, invoked. In several cases Cosans quotes from the work of others, followed by an analysis that depends upon an interpretation that is exactly the opposite of the section just quoted. Scattered throughout are conflations of social and biological science, compounding th
66, 2010"Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog introduces a brilliant, new and insightful perspective into the philosophy behind Richard Owen's methods and reasoning." Evo Edu Outreach, 2010"Part history of science, part history of philosophy, part philosophy of sciencebut all in the service of the pragmatic dimensions of science in society. I know of no other book quite like this one." Jason Scott Robert, Arizona State University"In conclusion, the reviewer recommends this book strongly for all specialists and students, including palaeontologists and palaeoanthropologists." Zentralblatt fur Geologie und Palaontologie, 11, 5/6, 2009"A fascinating new look at the Owen-Huxley controversy that gives us important insight into a hitherto thinly discussed aspect of the Darwin