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SUMMARY:Neo-Paleyan evolution - Tim Lewens (Department of History and Phil
 osophy of Science)
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CONTACT:Marta Halina
DESCRIPTION:This talk explores an ongoing tradition – and perhaps a surp
 rising one – that we can helpfully characterise as 'Neo-Paleyanism'. Pro
 minent evolutionary thinkers from Darwin to Maynard-Smith to Dawkins have 
 repeatedly cited the work of the natural theologian William Paley with app
 roval. Of course\, they vehemently deny that biological phenomena demand e
 xplanation in terms of a designing intelligence. But they recommend attent
 ion to Paley's criteria for the detection of adaptation in nature\, and in
  some cases they have explicitly conceived of evolutionary processes in te
 rms of the creation of design. In this talk we will see some reason for do
 ubting the Neo-Paleyan approach\, especially in its most recent incarnatio
 ns.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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