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Darwin’S Dice: The Idea Of Chance In The Thought Of Charles Darwin, Charles H. Pence Nov 2015

Darwin’S Dice: The Idea Of Chance In The Thought Of Charles Darwin, Charles H. Pence

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Front Matter Jan 2015

Front Matter

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Is Organismic Fitness At The Basis Of Evolutionary Theory?, Charles H. Pence, Grant Ramsey Jan 2015

Is Organismic Fitness At The Basis Of Evolutionary Theory?, Charles H. Pence, Grant Ramsey

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Fitness is a central theoretical concept in evolutionary theory. Despite its importance, much debate has occurred over how to conceptualize and formalize fitness. One point of debate concerns the roles of organismic and trait fitness. In a recent addition to this debate, Elliott Sober argues that trait fitness is the central fitness concept, and that organismic fitness is of little value. In this paper, by contrast, we argue that it is organismic fitness that lies at the bases of both the conceptual role of fitness and its role as a measure of evolutionary dynamics.


Military Genomic Testing: Proportionality, Expected Benefits, And The Connection Between Genotypes And Phenotypes, Charles H. Pence Jan 2015

Military Genomic Testing: Proportionality, Expected Benefits, And The Connection Between Genotypes And Phenotypes, Charles H. Pence

Faculty Publications

Mehlman and Li offer a framework for approaching the bioethical issues raised by the military use of genomics that is compellingly grounded in both the contemporary civilian and military ethics of medical research, arguing that military commanders must be bound by the two principles of paternalism and proportionality. I agree fully. But I argue here that this is a much higher bar than we may fully realize. Just as the principle of proportionality relies upon a thorough assessment of harms caused and military advantage gained, the use of genomic research, on Mehlman and Li's view, will require an accurate understanding …


The Many Chances Of Charles Darwin, Charles H. Pence Jan 2015

The Many Chances Of Charles Darwin, Charles H. Pence

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Economies Of Violence, John Protevi Jan 2015

Economies Of Violence, John Protevi

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I discuss "economies of violence," comparing non-state (acephalic forager bands and horticultural chiefdoms) and state societies. Capital punishment and tolerated personal revenge in forager bands is both anti-war and anti-state, while some chiefdoms practice war as an anti-state practice.


Special Feature Paper, Ink, And Achievement: Gabriel Hornstein Jan 2015

Special Feature Paper, Ink, And Achievement: Gabriel Hornstein

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Fugitive Allusions In Boswell In Search Of A Wife, Or The Charming Mr. Boswell, Robert G. Walker Jan 2015

Fugitive Allusions In Boswell In Search Of A Wife, Or The Charming Mr. Boswell, Robert G. Walker

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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"Go Not Far To Dine" Pedagogical Approaches To Sustainable Consumption In The Eighteenth-Century Studies Classroom And Beyond, Marlon Pareja, Sher Li Ong, Michelle Merrill, Samara Anne Cahill Jan 2015

"Go Not Far To Dine" Pedagogical Approaches To Sustainable Consumption In The Eighteenth-Century Studies Classroom And Beyond, Marlon Pareja, Sher Li Ong, Michelle Merrill, Samara Anne Cahill

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Permanent Markers The Monumental, The Mobile, And The Sustainable In Enlightened Eras, Kevin L. Cope Jan 2015

Permanent Markers The Monumental, The Mobile, And The Sustainable In Enlightened Eras, Kevin L. Cope

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Sustaining The Eighteenth Century?, Samara Anne Cahill Jan 2015

Sustaining The Eighteenth Century?, Samara Anne Cahill

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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The Arabian Nights And The Oriental Tale Sustainable Enlightenment Texts, Malcolm Jack Jan 2015

The Arabian Nights And The Oriental Tale Sustainable Enlightenment Texts, Malcolm Jack

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Three Bibliopoles, J. T. Scanlan Jan 2015

Three Bibliopoles, J. T. Scanlan

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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The Unending Dunciad Pope's Weird Revenge, Cedric D. Reverand Ii Jan 2015

The Unending Dunciad Pope's Weird Revenge, Cedric D. Reverand Ii

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Religious Exchanges Solomon's Temple, Holy Land Travel, And A Georgics Of Sacred Space In Seventeenth- And Eighteenth-Century English Writing, Michael Rotenberg-Schwartz Jan 2015

Religious Exchanges Solomon's Temple, Holy Land Travel, And A Georgics Of Sacred Space In Seventeenth- And Eighteenth-Century English Writing, Michael Rotenberg-Schwartz

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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"Iron War" As "Daily Care"Sustainability And The Dialectic Of Care In Dryden's Georgics, Erin Drew Jan 2015

"Iron War" As "Daily Care"Sustainability And The Dialectic Of Care In Dryden's Georgics, Erin Drew

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Shadows Of A Dream Gender Roles In Qing Literature As Seen In Gu Taiqing's Sequel To A Dream Of Red Mansions, Chee Meng Wong Jan 2015

Shadows Of A Dream Gender Roles In Qing Literature As Seen In Gu Taiqing's Sequel To A Dream Of Red Mansions, Chee Meng Wong

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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An Eighteenth-Century Plea For Sustainable Forestry Ostervald's Description Des Montagnes & Vallees Du Pays De Neuchatel (1764), Alexandra Cook Jan 2015

An Eighteenth-Century Plea For Sustainable Forestry Ostervald's Description Des Montagnes & Vallees Du Pays De Neuchatel (1764), Alexandra Cook

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Fighting Fire With Fire Anti-Methodist Exaggeration In Samuel Foote And William Hogarth, Brett C. Mcinelly Jan 2015

Fighting Fire With Fire Anti-Methodist Exaggeration In Samuel Foote And William Hogarth, Brett C. Mcinelly

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 2015

Book Reviews

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Index Jan 2015

Index

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Akenside's Hymn To The Naiads And The Turn From The Ode, John Knapp Jan 2015

Akenside's Hymn To The Naiads And The Turn From The Ode, John Knapp

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Satanic Devotions The Prayers Of Robert Lovelace In Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, Juliette Paul Jan 2015

Satanic Devotions The Prayers Of Robert Lovelace In Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, Juliette Paul

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Birthing The Poet Elizabeth Singer Rowe And The Athenian Mercury, Heidi Laudien Jan 2015

Birthing The Poet Elizabeth Singer Rowe And The Athenian Mercury, Heidi Laudien

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Archiving The Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer, James E. May Jan 2015

Archiving The Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer, James E. May

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.