Did Darwin write the Origin backwards?: philosophical essays on Darwin's theory

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 10
1.1. WHAT IS DARWIN\'S THEORY?......Page 11
1.2. COMMON ANCESTRY......Page 17
1.3. DARWIN\'S PRINCIPLE......Page 22
1.4. EXCEPTIONS TO DARWIN\'S PRINCIPLE......Page 25
1.5. CAUSAL AND EVIDENTIAL ORDERINGS......Page 30
1.6. USING COMMON ANCESTRY TO THINK ABOUT NATURAL SELECTION......Page 33
1.7. TREE THINKING......Page 39
2. Darwin and Group Selection......Page 43
2.1. BACK TO THE 60......Page 44
2.2. HUMAN MORALITY......Page 55
2.3. THE HONEYBEE\'S BARBED STINGER......Page 61
2.4. THE RISK OF ANACHRONISM......Page 62
2.5. MORE ON DARWIN ON MORALITY......Page 65
2.6. STERILE WORKERS IN THE SOCIAL INSECTS......Page 68
2.7. DARWIN\'S DISAGREEMENT WITH WALLACE ABOUT HYBRID STERILITY......Page 75
2.8. DARWIN\'S GENERAL VIEW OF GROUP SELECTION......Page 81
3. Sex Ratio Theory—Darwin, Before, and After......Page 86
3.1. ARBUTHNOT ON fiTH EXACT BALANCE that IS MAINTAINED BETWEEN THE NUMBERS OF MEN AND WOMEN … that THE SPECIES MAY NEVER FAIL,......Page 87
3.2. BERNOULLI ON 18/35......Page 95
MOIVRE—fiI WE BLIND NOT OURSELVES WITH METAPHYSICAL DUSTf......Page 97
3.4. DARWIN\'S ARGUMENT FROM MONOGAMY, AND HIS RETRACTION......Page 100
3.5. DÜSING\'S MODEL—MONOGAMY DROPS OUT......Page 105
3.6. FISHER AND PARENTAL EXPENDITURE......Page 108
3.7. HAMILTON—GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL SELECTION......Page 113
3.8 SEX RATIO AS A TEST CASE......Page 115
APPENDIX: AN EXAMPLE OF HAMILTONIAN SEX RATIO EVOLUTION IN GROUPS WITH TWO FOUNDRESSES......Page 119
4.1. DARWIN\'S DISCUSSIONS OF GOD......Page 121
4.2. REFINING METHODOLOGICAL NATURALISM......Page 128
4.3. WHY EVOLUTIONARY THEORY DOES NOT RULE OUT AN INTERVENING GOD......Page 135
4.4. SHOULD SCIENTIFIC THEORIES TALK ONLY ABOUT WHAT EXISTS IN NATURE?......Page 140
4.5 ARE ALL CLAIMS ABOUT THE SUPERNATURAL UNTESTABLE?......Page 142
4.6. IS VIOLATING METHODOLOGICAL NATURALISM A SCIENCE-STOPPER?......Page 147
4.7. IF NUMBERS, WHY NOT GOD?......Page 148
4.8. CONCLUDING COMMENTS......Page 151
5.1. SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT CLADISTIC PARSIMONY AND THE TEST OF ADAPTIVE HYPOTHESES......Page 154
5.2. MORE ON UNITS OF SELECTION......Page 164
5.3. EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND THE REALITY OF MACROPROBABILITIES......Page 179
1. Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards?......Page 190
2. Darwin and Group Selection......Page 193
3. Sex Ratio Theory—Darwin, Before, and After......Page 199
4. Darwin and Naturalism......Page 202
5. Postcript......Page 208
References......Page 214
Index......Page 231
Back Cover......Page 241