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"[Contains] useful contributions to the critique of creationism and the defense of science and evolution." --International Socialist Review
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About the Author
Philip Kitcher is the John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. An eminent philosopher, he is the author of many books on science, literature, and music, including Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism; The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities; Vaulting Ambition: Sociobiology and the Quest for Human Knowledge; Science, Truth, and Democracy; and In Mendel's Mirror.
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Product details
Series: Philosophy in Action
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (April 28, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195384342
ISBN-13: 978-0195384345
Product Dimensions:
6.9 x 0.7 x 5 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.3 out of 5 stars
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Philip Kitcher is a philosopher not a biologist but in "Living with Darwin," he develops his capacity for studying a topic in depth, the only way of getting authority for contrasting faced visions. He has written a moral defense of Darwin by showing not only the weakness of the creationist and intelligent design supporters but also the importance of accepting Darwinism as a full reality which is also far of being an inconvenient truth.As I said, Kitcher is a philosopher so is good in his field, discussing, contrasting, unveiling positions. For a reader like me, not a philosopher, the discussion is, in some passages (just a few), a little bit boring. To me, some topics didn't deserve to be touched at all, but this book is a battle field so any flank or wing or front is going to be disputed.On the other hand, creationist and all that tribe are always looking for a gap in the theory. If they don't find it they can "create" it only as a sophist can do. So, in cases like this, we need someone like Kitcher to unmasking them.If you believe that there's something wrong with saying that "'[e]volution is the root of atheism, of communism, Nazism, behaviorism, racism, economic imperialism, militarism, libertinism, anarchism, and all manner of anti-Christian system of belief and practice'" you should read "Living with Darwin."Recommended.
Philip Kitcher's Living with Darwin is one of the better discussions of the current battle between creationism and evolutionary theory. Much like the on-going feud about sexuality in Christian denominations, the creationism/evolution tussle is about much more than just the front line issues. It involves a bona fide worldview clash between naturalists and supernaturalists.To Kitcher's credit, he seems to recognize the narrow and comprehensive levels of the debate. He addresses the former in the first four chapters of this book. Arguing that creationism/ID has several varieties, he focuses on what he calls "Genesis creationism," which denies the ancient age of the earth; "novelty creationism," which claims that at least certain species are acts of special creation, thereby denying the one tree of life foundation of standard evolutionary theory; and "anti-selectionism," which argues that selection isn't a sufficient explanation for certain transitions, either from one species to the next in the development of "irreducibly complex" organs or organisms. Patiently and logically, these positions are addressed, respectively, in chapters 2-4.What I found most intriguing in Kitcher's book is his effort in the final chapter to reflect on the more comprehensive worldview clash that fuels the more specific ones between ID and evolution. Kitcher argues that evolution destroys the possibility of divine design in the universe, and that textual analysis and comparative religion studies destroys faith in the literal truth of sacred scripture. Supernatural religion, then, is as dead as ID. But the "music of faith" (p. 158) is still something we yearn for. To fill that need, Kitcher recommends "spiritual" rather than supernatural religion, with the former being very much what John Dewey defended in his A Common Faith: an embrace of the religious experience without ascribing to it culturally fashioned notions of the supernatural.This is a commendable argument. But it's one that leaves me dissatisfied for three reasons. First, it seems to me that Kitcher has illegitimately jumped from science to metaphysics--from a methodological naturalism, if you will, to a metaphysical one--in his conviction that evolution destroys the possibility of supernaturalism. Second, while it's absolutely the case that theology and God-belief needs to come to terms with (rather than denying) the Darwinian evolution, it's not at all clear that the only way to do that is by self-erasure. John Haught, for one, has worked on a consistent and sophisticated post-Darwinian theology. Finally, it's not clear to me that the human malaise which Kitcher thinks spiritual religion will ameliorate are just symptoms of social and economic injustice (which Kitcher believes). This account seems to me to ignore deeper questions of what might be called existential despair or loneliness with spiritual religion may simply not be equipped to deal with.
This is a terrific essay. It covers the entire Darwin versus Intelligent Design issue with insight, comprehension, and clarity. He apportions time to all the central arguments on both sides without being distracted by obvious and tempting side arguments. Rarely does one book save a person from needing to read three or four. This is one of those books.The author has thought long and hard about the issues and has written about it on previous occasions. Those projects have allowed him to hone the issues to the core and explore them fully.
At a time when it might appear there is no hope of reconciling the conflicting views of well-meaning secularists and the religious faithful, this book presents a well-balanced treatment of the subject of evolution and the often irrational-appearing arguments against it. In particular Professor Kitcher presents a very convincing case for considering Intelligent Design a "dead" science rather as opposed to simply dismissing it as "no science at all". But perhaps his greatest contribution in this slim volume is the case he makes for the secular community to recognize the legitimacy of spirituality for large segments of the population and for the religious faithful to recognize they have no need to feel threatened by the science of Darwin, or any science, for that matter. If you are interested in this debate and are looking for a clear-headed and fair treatment of the subject matter, this book is well worth the price.
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