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The contents assemble essays by scientists, philosophers, and writers addressing evolutionary theory, the idea of the selfish gene, algorithmic biology, information flow, sociobiology, progress, memes, family and society, skepticism and faith, and meaning in the context of evolution. It also includes an index and contributor biographies.","RICHARD DAWKINS  \nHOW A SCIENTIST CHANGED THE WAY WE THINK  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nRICHARD DAWKINS  \nHOW A SCIENTIST CHANGED THE WAY WE THINK  \nReflections by scientists, writers, and philosophers  \nEdited by ALAN GRAFEN  \nAND  \nMARK RIDLEY  \n1  \n3  \nGreat Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in  \nOxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc. , New York © Oxford University Press 2006  \nwith the exception of To Rise Above © Marek Kohn 2006  \nand Every Indication ofInadvertent Solicitude © Philip Pullman 2006  \nThe moral rights of the authors have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2006  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available Typeset by RefineCatch Ltd. , Bungay, Suffolk Printed in Great Britain by  \nClays Ltd. , St Ives plc ISBN 0–19–929116–0 978–0–19–284055–8  \n1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2  \nCONTENTS  \nList of Contributors viii  \nPreface xi  \nBIOLOGY  \nBallooning Parrots and Semi-Lunar Germs 3  \nAndrew F. 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Dennett  \nThe Invention of an Algorithmic Biology 116  \nSeth Bullock  \nSelfish Genes and Information Flow 125  \nDavid Deutsch  \nDeep Commonalities between Life and Mind 130  \nSteven Pinker  \nANTIPHONAL VOICES  \nRichard Dawkins and the Problem of Progress 145  \nMichael Ruse  \nThe Nest’s Tale: Affectionate Disagreements  \nwith Richard Dawkins 164  \nPatrick Bateson  \nWhat’s the Matter with Memes? 176  \nRobert Aunger  \nHUMANS  \nSelfish Genes and Family Relations Martin Daly and Margo Wilson  \nWhy a Lot of People with Selfish Genes Are Pretty Nice Except for their Hatred of The Selfish Gene Randolph M. Nesse  \nThe Perverse Primate Kim Sterelny  \n191  \n203  \n213  \nContents  \nCONTROVERSY  \nThe Skeptic’s Chaplain: Richard Dawkins as a Fountainhead of Skepticism  \nMichael Shermer  \nA Fellow Humanist Richard Harries  \nDawkins and the Virus of Faith  \nA. C. 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