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Propagational Selection

Posted by bdsbook on July 3, 2009

earth-sun-bright Full title: “Propagational Selection: An Essay on Darwin’s Principle and the Nature of Things” (2006)

This grandiosely entitled work is a philosophical and speculative essay, which discusses some aspects of Charles Darwin’s principle of natural selection, and explores the possibility of applying a Darwinian principle of selection to cosmological evolution. The aim is to consider how the essential qualities of the cosmos may have arisen and why they may be a necessary outcome of selection.

Use the link in the menu bar (top) or the Table of Contents (right) to access the essay.

Photograph courtesy of NASA

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