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Friedel WEINERT
Friedel Weinert is Emeritus Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Bradford. He has published several books on the interrelationship between science and philosophy, including Copernicus, Darwin & Freud: Revolutions in the History and Philosophy of Science (Wiley Blackwell 2009). He has edited several volumes in this area, including Evolution 2.0.: Implications of Darwinism in Philosophy and the Natural and Social Sciences, edited by Martin Brinkworth and Friedel Weinert. (Heidelberg/Berlin/New York: Springer. The Frontiers Collection 2011).
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Darwin's Theory of Evolution is very successful. But what are its implications for philosophy? Can it explain human minds? Or might it defeat itself as Marxianism and Freudianism do? Two philosophers discuss what Darwin's Theory can and can't explain.