Reviews and responses to books or essays that frame the evidence for evolution, origins, or design.
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In The Extended Phenotype , a concept given its own chapter in later editions of The Selfish Gene , Richard Dawkins offers his most radical and philosophically ambitious argument. He attempts to resolve the central…
In one of the most celebrated arguments of The Selfish Gene and its subsequent editions, Richard Dawkins tackles the evolution of cooperation between non-relatives. Moving beyond kin selection, he enlists the aid of…
In the final, most speculative chapter of The Selfish Gene , Richard Dawkins confronts the greatest challenge to his gene-centric view of life: humanity. Acknowledging that the vast, fast-paced world of human culture…
Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene is not merely a book about genetics; it is a comprehensive attempt to reinterpret all of life, and especially social behavior, through a single, stark lens: the ruthless self-interest…
In his landmark book, The Selfish Gene , Richard Dawkins presents a powerful metaphor to explain the relationship between genes and the organisms they build: genes are master programmers, and bodies are their…
Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene is one of the most influential books of the modern era. Its central thesis—that life is best understood as a battle between immortal genes, each ruthlessly programming "survival…