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By: Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph

Evolutionary Philosophy. By: Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph. Historical. Adam Smith Thomas Malthus Charles Lyell Lamarck Charles Darwin Voyage of the Beagle The Origin of Species The Descent of Man Herbert Spencer. Darwinian Evolution.

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By: Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph

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  1. Evolutionary Philosophy By: Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph

  2. Historical • Adam Smith • Thomas Malthus • Charles Lyell • Lamarck • Charles Darwin • Voyage of the Beagle • The Origin of Species • The Descent of Man • Herbert Spencer

  3. Darwinian Evolution • Variation • A mechanism for generating variable progeny • Natural Selection • Competition for survival of between progeny and other competitors within an environment

  4. Cosmological Evolution • Evolution of the Universe • Principles • Simple to Complex • Microcosm to Macrocosm • Nonliving to Living • Unconscious to Conscious • Cosmological Evolution • Biological Evolution • Cultural Evolution

  5. Origin of the Universe • Creation Myths • “The Big Bang Theory” • 10-20 billion years ago • Movement of galaxies • Background radiation • The Earth • Origin of Homo Sapiens

  6. Origin of Life • Primordial Soup=simple sea compounds, water vapor, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, ammonia, and a source of energy (lightning or sunlight) • Atoms and Molecules to Replicators (RNA then DNA) • Nucleotides (adenine, cystocine, guanine, uracil) have been made in laboratories out of primordia soup. • Survival Machines-survival of the complex • More or less stable, more or less copies, more or less accurate copies. • Exchange of energy and information.

  7. Human Evolution • Old World Monkeys • Great Apes • Chimpanzees • Bonobos • Gorillas • Orangutans • Hominids • Homo Sapiens (200 thousand years to present) • Neanderthal (220-30 thousand years ago) • Homo Sapiens Archaic (400 to 200 thousand years ago) • Homo Erectus (2 million to .4 million years ago) • Homo Habilis (2.2 to 1.6 million years ago) • Others

  8. Game Theory • Evolutionarily Stable Strategies • Altruism • Cheats • Suckers • Grudgers • Violence • Hawks • Doves • Bullies • Retaliators • Prober Retaliators

  9. Universal Evolution • Cosmological Evolution • Biological Evolution • Cultural Evolution • Systems Theory (matter or information) • Micro and Macro Systems • Open Systems-Closed Systems • Evolutionary, devolutionary, stable systems

  10. Cultural Evolution • Nature (genes) v. Nurture (social learning) • Trial and Error, Creative Destruction • Biological Environment • Genes • Individuals • Species • ecosystems • Social Environment • Ideas • Beliefs of Individuals • Cultural Beliefs

  11. Philosophical Issues • Unit of Selection • Group selection • Individual selection • Genetic selection • Evolutionary Direction • Rate • Gradual (Darwinism) • Revolutionary (Punctuated Equilibrium) • Progress, Complexity • Stability • Devolution • Chance • Ontological Status of Species • Ontology of Origin

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