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  • The Problem of War

    Darwinism, Christianity, and their Battle to Understand Human Conflict

    by Michael Ruse ...
    Darwinian evolutionary theory is one of the brightest jewels in the crown of science, yet it has been highly controversial since its first appearance in the On the Origin of Species in 1859. Well known is the opposition of so many Christians, an opposition that shows little sign of abating today. In The Problem of War, philosopher Michael Ruse argues that the roots of the unease lie not simply (as ... Read more

    $33.59 CAD

  • The Gaia Hypothesis

    Science on a Pagan Planet

    by Michael Ruse ...
    "The book is full of empathetic, insightful, and often very funny portraits of Margulis, Lovelock, and a community of other figures associated with Gaia." —Carla Nappi, New Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyIn 1965 English scientist James Lovelock had a flash of insight: the Earth is not just teeming with life; the Earth, in some sense, is life. He mulled this revolutionary idea over for ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Simply Darwin

    Great Lives

    by Michael Ruse ...
    Series series Great Lives
    sparkedFew scientific ideas have changed our view of ourselves as profoundly as Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. In Simply Darwin, philosopher of science Michael Ruse offers an accessible introduction to Darwin's life, his groundbreaking ideas, and the scientific revolution they set in motion. From Darwin's voyage aboard the Beagle and his observations of plants and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings

    by Michael Ruse ...
    Series series A Philosopher Looks At
    Why do we think ourselves superior to all other animals? Are we right to think so? In this book, Michael Ruse explores these questions in religion, science and philosophy. Some people think that the world is an organism - and that humans, as its highest part, have a natural value (this view appeals particularly to people of religion). Others think that the world is a machine - and that we ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • Atheism

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Michael Ruse ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    Over the last decade, "New Atheists" such as Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have pushed the issue of atheism to the forefront of public discussion. Yet very few of the ensuing debates and discussions have managed to provide a full and objective treatment of the subject. Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know provides a balanced look at the topic, considering atheism ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • Understanding the Christianity–Evolution Relationship

    by Michael Ruse ...
    Series series Understanding Life
    The relationship between science and religion is a topic that runs rife with misconceptions, misunderstandings and debates. Are science and religion always in conflict? Is Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection atheistic? How does history shape current debates around science and religion? This book explores these questions in a neutral and balanced way, focusing on the Christianity ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • A Meaning to Life

    by Michael Ruse ...
    Series series Philosophy in Action
    Does human life have any meaning? Does the question even make sense today? For centuries, the question of the meaning or purpose of human life was assumed by scholars and theologians to have a religious answer: life has meaning because humans were made in the image of a good god. In the 19th century, however, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution changed everything-and the human organism was seen ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge History of Atheism

    by Michael Ruse ...
    The two-volume Cambridge History of Atheism offers an authoritative and up to date account of a subject of contemporary interest. Comprised of sixty essays by an international team of scholars, this History is comprehensive in scope. The essays are written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including religious studies, philosophy, sociology, and classics. Offering a global overview of ... Read more

    $323.19 CAD

  • Understanding Natural Selection

    by Michael Ruse ...
    Series series Understanding Life
    Natural selection, as introduced by Charles Darwin in the Origin of Species (1859), has always been a topic of great conceptual and empirical interest. This book puts Darwin's theory of evolution in historical context showing that, in important respects, his central mechanism of natural selection gives the clue to understanding the nature of organisms. Natural selection has important implications, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • On Purpose

    by Michael Ruse ...
    A brief, accessible history of the idea of purpose in Western thought, from ancient Greece to the presentCan we live without the idea of purpose? Should we even try to? Kant thought we were stuck with purpose, and even Darwin’s theory of natural selection, which profoundly shook the idea, was unable to kill it. Indeed, teleological explanation—what Aristotle called understanding in terms of “final ... Read more

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  • Evolution and Religion

    A Dialogue

    by Michael Ruse ...
    Series series New Dialogues in Philosophy
    Michael Ruse, a leading expert on Charles Darwin, presents a fictional dialogue among characters with sharply contrasting positions regarding the tensions between science and religious belief. Ruse's main characters—an atheist scientist, a skeptical historian and philosopher of science, a relatively liberal female Episcopalian priest, and a Southern Baptist pastor who denies evolution—passionately ... Read more

    $42.19 CAD

  • Why We Hate

    Understanding the Roots of Human Conflict

    by Michael Ruse ...
    An insightful and probing exploration of the contradiction between humans' enormous capacity for hatred and their evolutionary development as a social species Why We Hate tackles a pressing issue of both longstanding interest and fresh relevance: why a social species like Homo sapiens should nevertheless be so hateful to itself. We go to war and are prejudiced against our fellow human beings. We ... Read more

    $22.79 CAD