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Christianity and Darwinism: The Journey Is More Important Than the Destination by Ruse, Michael

“…Does God exist? If he does, what is the evidence for this? Can one arrive at God through reason (natural theology), or is it faith or nothing (revealed…”
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Building blocks of morality by Ruse, Michael

“…Most of us agree about the rules or norms of morality, what philosophers call substantive or normative ethics: be kind to small children, do not cheat on exams…”
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Darwinian revolution: Rethinking its meaning and significance by Ruse, Michael

“…The Darwinian revolution is generally taken to be one of the key events in the history of Western science. In recent years, however, the very notion of a…”
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Evolutionary biology and beliefs: How ideology can draw different social stances from science by Michael Ruse

“…Agreeing that there are often strong connections between fields of science and the ideological convictions of those producing the science, this essay shows…”
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The rhetoric of science and why it matters by Michael Ruse

“…When I started out as a philosopher of science, rather more than fifty years ago, the rhetoric of science did not exist. At least, it did not exist in…”
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“A Man's Gotta Do What a Man's Gotta Do,” and Other Memorable Lines from “Philosophy and Film” by Ruse, Michael

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Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution: Taking Development Seriously by Robert, Jason Scott

“…Historically, philosophers of biology have tended to sidestep the problem of development by focusing primarily on evolutionary biology and, more recently, on…”
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Philosophy of Experimental Biology by Weber, Marcel

“…Philosophy of Experimental Biology explores some central philosophical issues concerning scientific research in experimental biology, including genetics,…”
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Competitive Cofactor Recruitment by Orphan Receptor Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4α1: Modulation by the F Domain by Ruse, Michael D., Privalsky, Martin L., Sladek, Frances M.

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Does life have meaning, or is it self‐deception at best and terrifyingly absurd at worst? by Ruse, Michael

“…A discussion of the meaning of life takes many twists and turns in an exploration of what great minds from several centuries have had to say regarding this…”
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Evolution and ethics viewed from within two metaphors: machine and organism by Ruse, Michael

“…How is moral thinking, ethics, related to evolutionary theorizing? There are two approaches, epitomized by Charles Darwin who works under the metaphor of the…”
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THE DAWKINS CHALLENGE by Ruse, Michael

“…Richard Dawkins, in his The God Delusion, argued strongly for atheism. Alister McGrath picked up the challenge and argued that Dawkins is wrong and that his…”
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THE DAWKINS CHALLENGE: with Bethany Sollereder, “Introduction to Essays in Honor of Alister McGrath”; Peter Harrison, “What is Natural Theology? (And Should We Dispense with It?)”; John Hedley Brooke, “Revisiting William Paley”; Helen De Cruz, “A Taste for the Infinite: What Philosophy of Biology Can Tell Us about Religious Belief”; Michael Ruse, “The Dawkins Challenge”; Donovan O. Schaefer, “The Territories of Thinking and Feeling: Rethinking Religion, Science, and Reason with Alister McGrath”; Andrew Pinsent, “Alist by Ruse, Michael

“…Abstract Richard Dawkins, in his The God Delusion , argued strongly for atheism. Alister McGrath picked up the challenge and argued that Dawkins is wrong and…”
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Modulation of Transcriptional Activation and Coactivator Interaction by a Splicing Variation in the F Domain of Nuclear Receptor Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4α1 by Sladek, Frances M., Ruse, Michael D., Nepomuceno, Luviminda, Huang, Shih-Ming, Stallcup, Michael R.

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WILLEM DREES ON THE HUMANITIES: with Peter Harrison, “Defining and Defending the Humanities”; Michael Ruse, “Willem Drees on the Humanities”; Douglas F. Ottati, “Theology among the Human Humanities”; Lisa L. Stenmark, “ Who are the Humanities For? Decolonizing the Humanities”; Donald L. Drakeman, “Some Second Thoughts about the Humanities”; and Willem B. Drees, “The Coherence and Character of the Humanities: A Reply to Critics.” by Ruse, Michael

“…Abstract Do universities still need departments in the humanities—philosophy, history, languages, and so forth? Many today, particularly legislators with…”
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WILLEM DREES ON THE HUMANITIES by Ruse, Michael

“…Do universities still need departments in the humanities—philosophy, history, languages, and so forth? Many today, particularly legislators with control over…”
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Confessions of an Agnostic: Apologia Pro Vita Sua by Ruse, Michael

“…Francis Collins, the director of the NEH and well-known Christian, has said that agnosticism is a bit of a cop-out. Either be a Christian or be an atheism, but…”
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Evolutionary biology and the question of teleology by Ruse, Michael

“…Teleology—what Aristotle called “final cause”—is trying to understand things in terms of the future, as when we ask about the plates on the back of the…”
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Why did the stegosaurus have plates, or is biology second-rate because it thinks in therms of ends? by Ruse, Michael

“…There is something distinctively different about explanation in the biological sciences, as opposed to explanation in the physical sciences. In the former one…”
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Evolutionary Naturalism: Selected essays by Ruse, Michael

“…First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company…”
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