Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
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Festschrift
In academia, a Festschrift , is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during his or her lifetime. The term, borrowed from German, could be translated as celebration publication or celebratory writing...
of 25 essays written in recognition of the life and work of Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL , known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author...
. It was published in 2006, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the publication of The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene is a book on evolution by Richard Dawkins, published in 1976. It builds upon the principal theory of George C. Williams's first book Adaptation and Natural Selection. Dawkins coined the term "selfish gene" as a way of expressing the gene-centred view of evolution as opposed to the...
. A wide range of topics are covered from many fields including evolutionary biology, philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
, and psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
. Space is also given to writers who are not in full agreement with Dawkins. The book is edited by Alan Grafen
Alan Grafen
Alan Grafen is a Scottish ethologist and evolutionary biologist. He currently teaches and undertakes research at St John's College, Oxford. Along with regular contributions to scientific journals, Grafen is known publicly for his work as co-editor of the 2006 festschrift Richard Dawkins: How a...
and Mark Ridley
Mark Ridley (zoologist)
Mark Ridley is a British zoologist and writer on evolution.He studied at both Oxford and Cambridge in the 1980s , was a professor at Emory University, Atlanta, U.S.A., and - as of 2005 - works at the Department of Zoology, Oxford University...
. (ISBN 9780199291168)
Contributions
- Biology
- Andrew F. Read – Ballooning Parrots and Semi-Lunar Germs
- Helena CroninHelena CroninDr. Helena Cronin is a noted Darwinian philosopher and rationalist. She is the co-director of the CPNSS and the Darwin Centre at the London School of Economics...
– The Battle of the Sexes Revisited - John KrebsJohn KrebsJohn Richard Krebs, Baron Krebs FRS is a world leader in zoology and more specifically bird behaviour. He is currently the Principal of Jesus College, Oxford University...
– Richard Dawkins: Intellectual Plumber—and More - Michael Hansell – What is a Puma?
- The Selfish Gene
- Marian Stamp DawkinsMarian Stamp DawkinsMarian Ellina Stamp Dawkins is professor for animal behaviour at the University of Oxford, where she heads the Animal Behaviour Research Group. She has published several books, one of which has been translated into German, and many peer-reviewed papers. She is considered an expert in animal welfare...
– Living with The Selfish Gene - David HaigDavid Haig (biologist)David Haig, is an Australian evolutionary biologist and geneticist, professor in Harvard Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. He is interested in intragenomic conflict, genomic imprinting and parent-offspring conflict, and wrote the book Genomic Imprinting and Kinship...
– The Gene Meme - Alan GrafenAlan GrafenAlan Grafen is a Scottish ethologist and evolutionary biologist. He currently teaches and undertakes research at St John's College, Oxford. Along with regular contributions to scientific journals, Grafen is known publicly for his work as co-editor of the 2006 festschrift Richard Dawkins: How a...
– The Intellectual Contribution of The Selfish Gene to Evolutionary Theory - Ullica Segerstråle – An Eye on the Core: Dawkins and Sociobiology
- Marian Stamp Dawkins
- Logic
- Daniel C. DennettDaniel DennettDaniel Clement Dennett is an American philosopher, writer and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. He is currently the Co-director of...
– The Selfish Gene as a Philosophical Essay - Seth Bullock – The Invention of an Algorithmic Biology
- David DeutschDavid DeutschDavid Elieser Deutsch, FRS is an Israeli-British physicist at the University of Oxford. He is a non-stipendiary Visiting Professor in the Department of Atomic and Laser Physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation in the Clarendon Laboratory of the University of Oxford...
– Selfish Genes and Information Flow - Steven PinkerSteven PinkerSteven Arthur Pinker is a Canadian-American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, linguist and popular science author...
– Deep Commonalities between Life and Mind
- Daniel C. Dennett
- Antiphonal voices
- Michael RuseMichael RuseMichael Ruse is a philosopher of biology at Florida State University, and is well known for his work on the creationism/evolution controversy and the demarcation problem in science...
– Richard Dawkins and the Problem of Progress - Patrick BatesonPatrick BatesonSir Patrick Bateson, FRS is an English biologist and science writer. Bateson is emeritus professor of ethology at Cambridge University and president of the Zoological Society of London since 2004....
– The Nest's Tale: Affectionate Disagreements with Richard Dawkins - Robert Aunger – What's the Matter with Memes?
- Michael Ruse
- Humans
- Martin DalyMartin DalyMartin Daly is a Professor of Psychology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and author of many influential papers on evolutionary psychology. Current research topics include an evolutionary perspective on risk-taking and interpersonal violence, especially male-male conflict and...
& Margo WilsonMargo WilsonMargo Wilson was Professor of Psychology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Along with her husband and frequent research partner Martin Daly, she wrote many influential papers and books in the field of evolutionary psychology...
– Selfish Genes and Family Relations - Randolph M. NesseRandolph M. NesseProfessor Randolph M. Nesse, M.D. is an American physician and evolutionary biologist. He is notable for his research on evolutionary psychology and evolutionary medicine, as well as the evolutionary origins of emotions and how natural selection shapes the capacity for mood.Nesse is a professor...
– Why a Lot of People with Selfish Genes Are Pretty Nice Except for their Hatred of The Selfish Gene - Kim SterelnyKim SterelnyKim Sterelny is an Australian philosopher and professor of philosophy in the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University and Victoria University of Wellington. He is the winner of several international prizes in the philosophy of science, and editor of Biology and Philosophy...
– The Perverse Primate
- Martin Daly
- Controversy
- Michael ShermerMichael ShermerMichael Brant Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic, which is largely devoted to investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The Skeptics Society currently has over 55,000 members...
– The Skeptic's Chaplain: Richard Dawkins as a Fountainhead of Skepticism - Richard Harries – A Fellow Humanist
- A. C. GraylingA. C. GraylingAnthony Clifford Grayling is a British philosopher. In 2011 he founded and became the first Master of New College of the Humanities, a private undergraduate college in London. Until June 2011, he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, where he taught from 1991...
– Dawkins and the Virus of Faith - Marek KohnMarek KohnMarek Kohn is a British science writer on evolution, biology and society. His first two books were on drugs, their cultural history, and their politics. He is the author of seven books and hundreds of articles. He holds an undergraduate degree in neurobiology from the University of Sussex, and a...
– To Rise Above - David P. BarashDavid P. BarashDavid P. Barash is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington, and is notable for books on Human aggression, Peace Studies, and the sexual behavior of animals and people. He has written approximately 30 books in total. He received his bachelor's degree in biology from Harpur...
– What the Whale Wondered: Evolution, Existentialism, and the Search for "Meaning"
- Michael Shermer
- Writing
- Matt RidleyMatt RidleyMatthew White Ridley, FRSL, FMedSci is an English journalist, writer, biologist, and businessman.-Career:...
– Richard Dawkins and the Golden Pen - Philip PullmanPhilip PullmanPhilip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, His Dark Materials, and his fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ...
– Every Indication of Inadvertent Solicitude
- Matt Ridley