Evolution

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Have we evolved to argue?

Zac Alstin | 17 May 2011 |

tags: evolution, philosophy, reason

Forget about truth. The reason we can reason is to win arguments, say evolutionary psychologists.

Wisdom from your local zoo

Denyse O'Leary | 01 March 2010 |

tags: evolution, media, relationships

Updating Dear Abby and Ann Landers, a British newspaper has engaged an evolutionary agony aunt. 

The new revelation

Denyse O'Leary | 31 December 2009 |

tags: evolution, religion

Have aeons of natural selection hardwired human beings to be religious?

The shock and awe of creation

Leslie Tomory | 29 December 2009 |

tags: atheism, evolution

Are God and evolution really incompatible? Not if you examine the question carefully.

Darwin’s disciples today

Carson Holloway | 27 December 2009 |

tags: Darwin, evolution, Peter Singer

Political theorists of all hues claim that Darwin gives scientific credibility to their own theories. One of these is Peter Singer.

The origins of Darwinian political thought

Carson Holloway | 26 December 2009 |

tags: Darwin, evolution

A number of writers about politics and morality have drawn inspiration from Darwin's theory of evolution. How successful were they? First of a two-part series. 

Can evolution explain religion?

Denyse O'Leary | 10 December 2009 |

tags: evolution, evolutionary psychology, religion

Evolutionary psychologists offer two contradictory explanations for the existence of religion. They can't both be right, but they can both be wrong.

Vive la différence! – but how did it begin?

Dorothy Vining | 24 November 2009 |

tags: Darwin, evolution, sexual reproduction

Did Darwin forget to ask how sexual reproduction evolved?

Evolution? Please leave God out of it

Patrick Gilligan | 23 September 2009 |

tags: evolution, religion, science

Evolutionists weaken their case by bringing God's existence into the discussion.

Aping their betters

Margaret Somerville | 05 December 2008 |

tags: animals, evolution, Peter Singer

If animals co-operate to benefit their community, does it mean they are ethical beings?

Monkeying about with evolution

Phillip Elias | 18 July 2008 |

tags: Darwin, evolution

Why do some people of faith distrust evolutionists? The reasons can be found in the notorious Scopes Monkey Trial. 

Nothing to be Frightened Of

Francis Phillips | 14 April 2008 |

tags: Darwinism, evolution, materialism

Darwinian materialism is a grey and dreary way to live, novelist Julian Barnes suggests in his recent memoir. 

Oracles of Science

Michael Cook | 13 March 2008 |

tags: evolution, religion, science

Some scientists are out of their depth when they wade into philosophy and theology.

Moral sense and non-sense

Marie I. George | 13 February 2008 |

tags: evolution, human dignity, morality, Peter Singer, Steven Pinker

The new science of morality might sound impressive to those mesmerised by science but is it really new?

Darwinian Fairytales

James Franklin | 25 October 2006 |

tags: Darwin, evolution

An Australian philosopher ruthlessly dissects the logic of Darwin and his followers.