Darwin's Dangerous Idea

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Darwin's Dangerous Idea is a 1995 philosophical book by Daniel Dennett that explores the far-reaching implications of Darwinian evolution for biology, mind, culture, and religion.

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instanceOf book
non-fiction book
philosophical work
author Daniel Dennett
awarded National Book Award finalist (nonfiction)
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizes creationism
creation–evolution controversy
surface form: intelligent design

teleological explanations in biology
discussesPerson Alfred Russel Wallace
Charles Darwin
Richard Dawkins
Stephen Jay Gould
discussesWork On the Origin of Species
genre philosophy of biology
philosophy of mind
popular science
hasPart discussion of culture and memes
discussion of mind and consciousness
discussion of religion and morality
influencedBy Darwinian evolution
analytic philosophy
cognitive science
evolutionary biology
ISBN 978-0-684-80382-8
language English
mainSubject Darwinian evolution
cognitive science
cultural evolution
ethics and evolution
evolutionary theory
memetics
natural selection
philosophy of science
religion and science
notableFor arguing that Darwinism has universal explanatory scope
popularizing the idea of memes in philosophy
proposesConcept algorithmic nature of natural selection
competence without comprehension
skyhooks and cranes
universal acid
publicationYear 1995
publisher Simon & Schuster
subtitle Evolution and the Meanings of Life

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