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The Theory of Evolution and Its Impact

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Table of Contents

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Introduction: The Sand Walk (on the Darwin’s Steps)
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    Chapter 2 Idola Tribus: Lamarck, Politics and Religion in the Early Nineteenth Century
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    Chapter 3 Darwinism Past and Present: Is It Past Its “Sell-by” Date?
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    Chapter 4 Evolutionary Theory and Philosophical Darwinism
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    Chapter 5 Struggle for Existence: Selection, Retention and Extinction of a Metaphor
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    Chapter 6 The Theory of Evolution and Cultural Anthropology
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    Chapter 7 The Concept of Evolution in Linguistics
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    Chapter 8 Theory of Evolution and Genetics
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    Chapter 9 Genes, Evolution and the Development of the Embryo
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    Chapter 10 Evolutionary Mechanisms and Neural Adaptation: Selective Versus Constructive Strategies in the Development and Plasticity of the Nervous System
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    Chapter 11 Is the Human Brain Unique?
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    Chapter 12 Aristotle and the Chicken: Animacy and the Origins of Beliefs
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    Chapter 13 Evolution: Remarks on the History of a Concept Adopted by Darwin
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    Chapter 14 An Evolving Research Programme: The Structure of Evolutionary Theory from a Lakatosian Perspective
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Chapter title
Struggle for Existence: Selection, Retention and Extinction of a Metaphor
Chapter number 5
Book title
The Theory of Evolution and Its Impact
Published by
Springer, Milano, January 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-1974-4_5
Book ISBNs
978-8-84-701973-7, 978-8-84-701974-4
Authors

Peter Weingart, Weingart, Peter

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 4 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 1 25%
Unknown 3 75%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 1 25%
Unknown 3 75%

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