Darwin: A Norton Critical Edition / Edition 3

by Charles Darwin, Philip Appleman

Overview

"The best Darwin anthology on the market" (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970.

The impact of Charles Darwin’s work on Western civilization has been broad and deep. As much as anyone in the modern era, he changed human thought, and his influence is still felt in virtually all aspects of our lives. This new edition, larger and more varied than the previous ones, includes more of Darwin's own work and also presents the most recent research and scholarship on all aspects of Darwin’s legacy. The biological sciences, as well as social thought, philosophy, ethics, religion, and literature, have all been shaped and reshaped by evolutionary concepts.

Excerpts from the most important books and articles of recent years confirm this Darwinian heritage. New work by Richard Dawkins, Edward O. Wilson, Kevin Padian, Eugene C. Scott, Steven Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Michael Ruse, Frans de Waal, Noretta Koertge, George C. Williams, George Levine, Stephen Jay Gould, Gillian Beer, Ernst Mayr, and many others illuminates this exciting intellectual history. A wide-ranging new introduction by the editor provides context and coherence to this rich body of engaging material, much of which will be shaping human thought well into the new century.

This edition will be useful to scientists and historians alike: "The Norton Darwin explains Darwinian evolution and illustrates the social and intellectual conflicts of the past two centuries better than any other book that I am aware of." (Charles Taylor, Professor of Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, University of California, Los Angeles)

And it will be of great value to the humanities and social sciences as well: "The edition provides the sharpest and most exciting access to Darwin we have ever had. It shows all of us interested in the heart of our intellectual heritage how that heritage is sustained, manipulated, and honored." (James R. Kincaid, Aerol Arnold Professor of English, University of Southern California)

A Selected Bibliography and an Index are included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393958492
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	12/19/2000
Series:	Norton Critical Editions Series
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	720
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) is the father of evolution. His groundbreaking The Origin of Species argued that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection. As much as anyone in the modern era, Darwin has changed the course of human thought.

Philip Appleman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, where he was a founding editor of Victorian Studies. He is the author of a book on overpopulation, The Silent Explosion and coeditor of 1859: Entering an Age of Crisis. He has also published three novels and several volumes of poetry.

Date of Birth:

February 12, 1809

Date of Death:

April 19, 1882

Place of Birth:

Shrewsbury, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

B.A. in Theology, Christ¿s College, Cambridge University, 1831

Table of Contents

	Preface	xv
Part I	Introduction	1
	Darwin: On Changing the Mind (2000)	3
Part II	Darwin's Life	21
	Who Is Darwin? (1991)	23
Part III	Scientific Thought: Just before Darwin	31
	Biology before the Beagle (1964)	33
	An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)	39
	Natural Theology (1802)	41
	Zoological Philosophy (1809)	44
	Principles of Geology (1830-33)	49
	The Study of Natural Philosophy (1830)	52
	Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology (1833)	57
	On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type (1858)	61
Part IV	Selections from Darwin's Work	65
	The Voyage of the Beagle (1845)	67
Chapter I.	St. Jago--Cape de Verd Islands	67
Chapter XVII.	Galapagos Archipelago	67
	On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and On the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection (1858)	82
I.	Extract from an unpublished Work on Species, by C. Darwin, Esq.	82
II.	Abstract of a Letter from C. Darwin, Esq., to Prof. Asa Gray, Boston, U.S., dated Down, September 5th, 1857	85
	An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species, previously to the Publication of This Work (1861)	87
	The Origin of Species (1859)	95
	Introduction	95
Chapter I.	Variation under Domestication	98
Chapter II.	Variation under Nature	106
Chapter III.	Struggle for Existence	107
Chapter IV.	Natural Selection	111
Chapter VI.	Difficulties on Theory	135
Chapter IX.	On the Imperfections of the Geological Record	147
Chapter XIII.	Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs	151
Chapter XIV.	Recapitulation and Conclusion	158
	The Descent of Man (1871)	175
	Introduction	175
Chapter I.	The Evidence of the Descent of Man from Some Lower Form	177
Chapter II.	On the Manner of Development of Man from Some Lower Form	194
Chapter III.	Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals	213
Chapter VI.	On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man	222
Chapter VIII.	Principles of Sexual Selection	230
Chapter XIX.	Secondary Sexual Characters of Man	232
Chapter XX.	Secondary Sexual Characters of Man--continued	239
Chapter XXI.	General Summary and Conclusion	243
Part V	Darwin's Influence on Science	255
	The Victorian Opposition to Darwin	257
	Darwin and His Critics (1983)	257
	Objections to Mr. Darwin's Theory of the Origin of Species (1860)	265
	Darwin on the Origin of Species (1860)	267
	Review of the Origin of Species (1867)	271
	Victorian Supporters of Darwin	276
	Flora Tasmaniae (1859)	276
	On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals (1863)	280
	Principles of Geology (1867)	285
	The Debt of Science to Darwin (1883)	287
	Darwin and the Shaping of Modern Science	289
	Scientific Method in Evolution	289
	Evolution and the Nature of Science (1999)	289
	Explaining the Very Improbable (1987)	301
	On the Uncertainty of Science (1980)	304
	Postmodernisms and the Problem of Scientific Literacy (1998)	308
	Science and Sensibility (1999)	314
	The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis	319
	The Evolutionary Synthesis (1984)	319
	The Human Genealogy	326
	The Chosen Primate (1994)	326
	Out of Africa Again ... and Again? (1997)	335
	The Human Difference (1999)	342
	Punctuated Equilibrium	344
	[On Punctuated Equilibrium] (1991)	344
	The Great Stasis Debate (1995)	349
	Rethinking Taxonomy	356
	Darwin's Views of Classification (1999)	356
	Cladistic Analysis (1988)	361
	[Cladistics in Action: The Origin of Birds and Their Flight] (1998)	363
	Evolution as Observable Fact	373
	How Natural Selection Operates (1996)	373
	Natural Selection and Darwin's Finches (1991)	377
	Natural Selection in the Wild (1986)	384
Part VI	Darwinian Patterns in Social Thought	387
	Competition and Cooperation	389
	The Vogue of Spencer (1955)	389
	The Gospel of Wealth (1900)	396
	Mutual Aid (1902)	398
	The Arithmetics of Mutual Help (1995)	403
	Nature and Nurture	409
	Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975)	409
	Biological Potentiality vs. Biological Determinism (1977)	415
	The New Creationism: Biology under Attack (1997)	420
	Evolution and Gender	426
	The Woman's Bible (1898)	426
	On Becoming Human (1981)	427
	Darwin and the Descent of Woman (1983)	436
	Woman Red in Tooth and Claw (1989)	444
	Evolution and Other Disciplines	450
	[On Consilience] (1998)	450
	Evolution and the Origins of Disease (1998)	459
	How the Mind Works (1997)	465
	The Set within the Skull (1997)	477
Part VII	Darwinian Influences in Philosophy and Ethics	481
	The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy (1909)	483
	Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Natural Selection as an Algorithmic Process (1995)	489
	Darwinian Epistemology (1998)	493
	Evolution and Ethics (1893)	501
	Evolutionary Ethics (1943)	503
	The Evolution of Ethics (1985)	507
	Good Natured: The Origin of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals (1996)	511
	The Origins of Virtue (1997)	517
Part VIII	Evolutionary Theory and Religious Theory	525
	Mainstream Religious Support for Evolution	527
	Message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1996)	527
	On Creationism in School Textbooks (1984)	529
	Evolution and Creationism (1982)	529
	[Statement on Evolution] (1965)	531
	Resolution on Evolutionism and Creationism (1982)	532
	Resolution Opposing "Scientific Creationism" (1982)	533
	Fundamentalist Creationism	534
	Antievolution and Creationism in the United States (1997)	534
	The Scopes Trial (1925)	542
	Orthodox Jewish Creationists (2000)	549
	[Islamic Creationism] (1997)	551
	[A Hare Krishna on Darwinian Evolution] (1977)	553
	Tenets of Creationism (1998)	555
	Scientific Creationism (1985)	557
	Review of Morris (1992)	564
	Evolution at the Grass Roots (1998)	569
	[Creationism versus Biotechnology] (1998)	569
	[The Politics of Creationism] (1998)	570
	What Do Christians Really Believe about Evolution? (1998)	572
	Seven Significant Court Decisions Regarding Evolution/Creation Issues (1998)	574
	Personal Incredulity and Antievolutionism	577
	[The Argument from Personal Incredulity] (1987)	577
	Darwin on Trial (1991)	581
	Review of Johnson (1992)	586
	Darwin's Black Box (1996)	592
	Review of Behe (1997)	601
	Darwin's New Critics on Trial (1998)	605
	Scientists' Opposition to Creationism	613
	Forced Teaching of Creationist Beliefs in Public School Science Education (1982)	613
	Resolution Opposing Creationism in Science Courses (1999)	614
	Statement on Teaching Evolution (1998)	615
	Frequently Asked Questions about Evolution and the Nature of Science (1998)	617
	Fundamentalist Creationism and the Value of Satire	624
	Genesis Revisited: A Scientific Creation Story (1998)	625
	Darwin's Ark (1984)	627
Part IX	Darwin and the Literary Mind	631
	Darwin's Literary Sensibility	633
	Autobiography (1876)	633
	Darwin's Humane Reading (1982)	634
	Darwin and Pain: Why Science Made Shakespeare Nauseating (1995)	639
	Darwin's Plots (1983)	645
	Darwin's Influence on Literature	653
	Darwin among the Poets (1932)	653
	Darwin among the Novelists (1988)	658
	The Tragic Fallacy (1929)	664
	Modern Tragedy (1956)	667
	Darwin-Sightings in Recent Literature (2000)	670
	Selected Readings	683
	Index	689

Editorial Reviews

New edition of a volume that concerns the importance, and enduring relevance, of Darwin and evolution. New material indicates the voluminous scientific research that is currently being done in every field of evolutionary study. Topics include Darwin on changing the mind, Darwin's life, scientific thought just before Darwin, selections from Darwin's work, his influence on science, evolutionary and religious theory, Darwin and the literary mind, and Darwinian patterns in social thought, philosophy and ethics. Edited by Appleman (emeritus, Indiana U.). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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