Darwin's dice: the idea of chance in the thought of Charles Darwin/

"For evolutionary biologists, the concept of chance has always played a significant role in the formation of evolutionary theory. As far back as Greek antiquity, chance and "luck" were understood to be key factors in the evolution of the natural world. Emphasizing chance is an entire...

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Hlavní autor: Johnson, Curtis
Médium: Printed Book
Vydáno: New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Témata:
Serendipity in science.
Creative ability in science.
Psychology.
Darwin, Charles.
Evolution (Biology)-Philosophy.
Natural selection-Philosophy.
On-line přístup:https://books.google.co.in/books?id=K4sdBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Darwin%27s+dice&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjzvaOkucTTAhWGvI8KHW_MDmYQ6AEIITAA#v=onepage&q=Darwin%27s%20dice&f=false
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  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Two Faces of Chance
  • 2. Chance Transport
  • 3. Causes and Laws of Variation
  • 4. Chance, Nature, and Intelligence
  • 5. Darwin's Evolving Views about Chance
  • 6. "So-Called Spontaneous Variation"
  • 7. Darwin's Architect Metaphor
  • 8. Darwin's Giraffes
  • 9. Chance and Free Will
  • 10. Chance and Human Morality
  • Bibliography.

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