Darwinian Evolution: Second Edition Book

	Introduction to the Transaction Edition
	Acknowledgements
I	From Darwin's Origin to Today's Synthetic Theory	1
1	Charles Darwin (1809-82)	2
2	The Argument of The Origin of Species	10
3	Blending Variation and/or Saltatory Mutation?	20
4	Difficulties, Objections and Some Answers	23
II	The Philosophical Implications	32
1	The Logical Structure and Functions of Darwin's Theory	33
2	The Challenge to Religious Assumptions	51
III	Social Science, Evolutionary Biology and Sociobiology	73
1	Malthus: Powers, Checks and Choice	74
2	Making Visible the Invisible Hands	83
3	An Atheist Providence Guaranteeing Utopia?	92
4	The Challenge of Sociobiology	113
IV	Progress, Social Darwinism and an Evolutionary Perspective	120
1	A Guarantee of Progress?	121
2	From Is to Ought	124
3	Seeing in an Evolutionary Perspective	129
	Bibliography	133
	Index	145