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Exploring the intricacies of evolution, Richard Dawkins challenges traditional creationist views by using the metaphor of a "blind watchmaker." He argues that Darwinian natural selection operates without consciousness or intent, contrasting with the deliberate craftsmanship suggested by William Paley's metaphor. This work serves as a foundational text for understanding the mechanisms of evolution, emphasizing the automatic and unplanned nature of natural selection in shaping life.
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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design, Richard Dawkins
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard Dawkins
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 496
- ISBN13
- 9780393351491
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Math, Nature, Natural sciences, Religious Topics, Philosophical Topics, Religion, Philosophy, Biology, Science, Life, Evolution, Scientists, Atheism, Evolutionary Biology, Rationality, Darwinism, Theory of Evolution
- First published
- 1986
- Original title
- The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
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- 4.1 out of 5
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- Exploring the intricacies of evolution, Richard Dawkins challenges traditional creationist views by using the metaphor of a "blind watchmaker." He argues that Darwinian natural selection operates without consciousness or intent, contrasting with the deliberate craftsmanship suggested by William Paley's metaphor. This work serves as a foundational text for understanding the mechanisms of evolution, emphasizing the automatic and unplanned nature of natural selection in shaping life.