Darwinian Fairytales: Selfish Genes, Errors of Heredity and Other Fables of Evolution - Hardcover

Stove, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594031401 ISBN 13: 9781594031403

Publisher: Encounter Books, 2006

Synopsis

Whatever your opinion of Intelligent Design,’ you’ll find Stove’s criticism of what he calls Darwinism’ difficult to stop reading. Stove’s blistering attack on Richard Dawkins’ selfish genes’ and memes’ is unparalleled and unrelenting. A discussion of spiders who mimic bird droppings is alone worth the price of the book. Darwinian Fairytales should be read and pondered by anyone interested in sociobiology, the origin of altruism, and the awesome process of evolution. --Martin Gardner, author of Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?: Debunking Pseudoscience

About this title

Synopsis:

Philosopher David Stove concludes in his hilarious and razor-sharp inquiry that Darwin's theory of evolution is a ridiculous slander on human beings. But wait! Stove is no creationist nor a proponent of so-called intelligent design. He is a theological skeptic who admits Darwin's great genius and acknowledges that the theory of natural selection is the most successful biological theory in history. But Stove also thinks that it is also one of the most overblown and gives a penetrating inventory of what he regards as the unbelievable claims of Darwinism. "Darwinian Fairytales" is a must-read book for people who want to really understand the issues behind the most hotly debated scientific controversy of our time.

About the Author:

David Stove (1927-1994) taught philosophy at the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney. He is the author of numerous books, including The Rationality of Induction and Against the Idols of the Age.

About this edition

• Publisher: Encounter Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1594031401
• ISBN 13: 9781594031403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320