Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Stephen Jay Gould

On the anniversary on the birth of the famous scientist Stephen Jay Gould, who sadly died in 2002 at the young age of sixty, readers might like to see what Socialists have to say about his work, evolutionary theory and related matters:

Gould v. Dawkins

Dawkins wars (1 & 2)

Socialism & Darwinism

Why Gould was wrong, and why Dawkins might be even more wrong

Are we prisioners of our genes?

The November 1959 Socialist Standard was billed as a Darwin centenary issue to mark 100 years since the publication of the Origin of Species. Next February sees the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, an event which is likely to be commemorated by the Socialist Party.

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