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9780742521605

The Return of Science Evolution, History, and Theory

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742521605

  • ISBN10:

    0742521605

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-05-14
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

Social scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians have adapted evolutionary theory for use in a variety of disciplines for several decades, but until now historians have lagged behind. In The Return of Science, several distinguished historians joi

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
An Interdisciplinary Paradigm Shiftp. 1
History and the Scientific Worldviewp. 13
A Brief History of Evolutionp. 27
Evolving toward Historyp. 55
Human Nature and Historyp. 73
Evolutionary Theory and Group Selection: The Question of Warfarep. 97
Evolutionary Theory of Historyp. 123
Darwinizing History: The Evolution of Power in Russiap. 145
On the Role of Mathematical Biology in Contemporary Historiographyp. 189
History, Differential Inclusions, and Narrativep. 215
Does Culture Evolve?p. 233
On the Problem of Laws in Nature and History: A Comparisonp. 265
Indexp. 287
About the Contributorsp. 305
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