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Is 'The Blues' Black Enough?, Stephen Asma Sep 2003

Is 'The Blues' Black Enough?, Stephen Asma

Stephen T Asma

Reviews the television program "The Blues."


The Inter Allied Games Of 1919, Don Morrow Apr 2003

The Inter Allied Games Of 1919, Don Morrow

Donald Morrow

No abstract provided.


[James Mark] Baldwin And His Many Effects, David Depew Dec 2002

[James Mark] Baldwin And His Many Effects, David Depew

David J Depew

No abstract provided.


Community Consent For Genetic Research, Charles Weijer Dec 2002

Community Consent For Genetic Research, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.


Evolution And Learning: The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered, David Depew, Bruce Weber Dec 2002

Evolution And Learning: The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered, David Depew, Bruce Weber

David J Depew

The role of genetic inheritance dominates current evolutionary theory. At the end of the nineteenth century, however, several evolutionary theorists independently speculated that learned behaviors could also affect the direction and rate of evolutionary change. This notion was called the Baldwin effect, after the psychologist James Mark Baldwin. In recent years, philosophers and theorists of a variety of ontological and epistemological backgrounds have begun to employ the Baldwin effect in their accounts of the evolutionary emergence of mind and of how mind, through behavior, might affect evolution.

The essays in this book discuss the originally proposed Baldwin effect, how it …


Physical Fitness & Wellness, Donald Morrow Dec 2002

Physical Fitness & Wellness, Donald Morrow

Donald Morrow

No abstract provided.


From Heat Engines To Digital Printouts: A Tropology Of The Organism From The Victorian Era To The Human Genome Project, David J. Depew Dec 2002

From Heat Engines To Digital Printouts: A Tropology Of The Organism From The Victorian Era To The Human Genome Project, David J. Depew

David J Depew

No abstract provided.


Poetry, Music, And The Sustainability Of Language, Jan Wellington Dec 2002

Poetry, Music, And The Sustainability Of Language, Jan Wellington

Jan Wellington

No abstract provided.


Protecting Evolutionary Theory From Bad Company: J. Strick, Sparks Of Life: Darwinism And The Victorian Debates Over Spontaneous Generation (Review), David J. Depew Dec 2002

Protecting Evolutionary Theory From Bad Company: J. Strick, Sparks Of Life: Darwinism And The Victorian Debates Over Spontaneous Generation (Review), David J. Depew

David J Depew

No abstract provided.