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Natura
non facit saltum
Reading/Discussion Schedule
March 24:
Introduction & Chapters
1-4; March 27: Chapters 5-6, 9, 10, 14 |
| Discussion Prompts March 24
QdJ: Which parent do you most resemble?
Read the Introduction to Henri Bergson's Creative Evolution.
- In what ways do each of the following illustrate the
concepts of Variation and the Struggle for Existence: the
Internet, Cloning, Political Processes, Feminism, Flu Season,
Slavery, Aids Virus,
Seed Varieties.
- Add your own entries to the above list.
- What is the most critical factor affecting variation?
- What does unconscious natural selection look like?
- Why is death important to Darwin's theory?
March 27
QdJ: Confess your personal biases about evolution.
- Which refutations of Darwin's Theory are most difficult,
according to Darwin?
- Read up on
Intelligent Design.
- Read Bergson's account of
the role of time.
- Give an example of a process where evolution is wholly
absent.
- Bring your own questions, especially in connection to other
works we have read in Great Books.
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