Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog: Beyond Darwinism and Creationism Paperback - 2009
by Christopher E. Cosans
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- Title Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog: Beyond Darwinism and Creationism
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Indiana University Press
- Date 2009-02-18
- Features Bibliography, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # BOS-E-13b-01326
- ISBN 9780253220516 / 0253220513
- Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 9.24 x 6.5 x 0.49 in (23.47 x 16.51 x 1.24 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Human evolution - History, Evolution - History - 19th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008035752
- Dewey Decimal Code 599.938
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From the rear cover
A few months after Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, Thomas Huxley challenged Richard Owen at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and set off a debate about apes, brains, and human evolution. Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog explores that first debate about Darwin's theory of evolution.
Huxley, a rising star in comparative anatomy and a protg of Darwin, stood in contrast to Owen, the driving force behind the creation of the British Museum of Natural History. Owen's perspective was based on careful anatomical observations and on an interest in theories of evolution that had been proposed prior to Darwin's Origin. Huxley, soon to be known as Darwin's bulldog, built his case against Owen based in part on a different philosophy of how to practice science. In investigating the origins of this dispute, Christopher E. Cosans considers a tangled context of ideas stemming from the works of Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Thomas Malthus, Robert Chambers, Charles Darwin, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Adrian Desmond, Nancy Cartwright, and Hilary Putnam.
Conventional wisdom is that Huxley discredited Owen, yet this book makes clear that Owen's anatomical claims had much more support than most historians and philosophers of science assume. Owen believed in developmental theories of evolution, which were precursors to modern evo-devo theory.
The Owen and Huxley debate is a perfect study for understanding relationships between science, ethics, and society. The story sheds light as well on current philosophical notions of scientific practice and how they influence our understanding of the history of science.
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Citations
- Choice, 08/01/2009, Page 0
- Chronicle of Higher Education, 03/20/2009, Page 18
