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Philosophy and the Origin and Evolution of the Universe pp 399–439Cite as

Evolutionary Ideas and Contemporary Naturalism

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As I was thinking about the rise of evolutionary ideas in twentieth century science, I remembered a passage in which the celebrated N.R. Campbell shows his attachment to an old metaphysics of time. It provides a telling measure of how bizarre and unexpected our present ideas must have initially been2.

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    Alberto Cordero

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    Evandro Agazzi (President of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science) (President of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science)

  3. Department of Philosophy, Queen’s College, City University of New York, USA

    Alberto Cordero (Member of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science) (Member of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science)

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Cordero, A. (1991). Evolutionary Ideas and Contemporary Naturalism. In: Agazzi, E., Cordero, A. (eds) Philosophy and the Origin and Evolution of the Universe. Synthese Library, vol 217. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3598-6_12

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