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21L.448J / 21W.739J Darwin and Design, Fall 2009

dc.contributor.authorParadis, Jamesen_US
dc.coverage.temporalFall 2009en_US
dc.date.issued2009-12
dc.identifier21L.448J-Fall2009
dc.identifierlocal: 21L.448J
dc.identifierlocal: 21W.739J
dc.identifierlocal: IMSCP-MD5-1041e405f84bd7577d120e641ed7f891
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75798
dc.description.abstractIn the Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin gave us a model for understanding how natural objects and systems can evidence design without positing a designer: how purpose and mechanism can exist without intelligent agency. Texts in this course deal with pre- and post-Darwinian treatment of this topic within literature and speculative thought since the eighteenth century. We will give some attention to the modern study of feedback mechanisms in artificial intelligence. Our reading will be in Hume, Voltaire, Malthus, Darwin, Butler, H. G. Wells, and Turing.en_US
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dc.subjectOrigin of Speciesen_US
dc.subjectDarwinen_US
dc.subjectintelligent agencyen_US
dc.subjectliteratureen_US
dc.subjectspeculative thoughten_US
dc.subjecteighteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectfeedback mechanismen_US
dc.subjectartificial intelligenceen_US
dc.subjectHumeen_US
dc.subjectVoltaireen_US
dc.subjectMalthusen_US
dc.subjectButleren_US
dc.subjectHardyen_US
dc.subjectH.G. Wellsen_US
dc.subjectFreuden_US
dc.subjectEvolutionen_US
dc.subjectModern Western philosophyen_US
dc.subjectPhilosophy of scienceen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectScienceen_US
dc.subjectLife Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectEvolutionen_US
dc.subjectPhilosophy & Social Aspectsen_US
dc.subjectHistoryen_US
dc.subjectIntelligent design,individual speciesen_US
dc.subjectcomplexityen_US
dc.subjectdevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectGod theory of evolutionen_US
dc.subjectscienceen_US
dc.subjecttheological explanationen_US
dc.subjectuniverseen_US
dc.subjectcreaturesen_US
dc.subjectfaithen_US
dc.subjectand theologyen_US
dc.subjectpurpose of evolutionen_US
dc.subjectDesignen_US
dc.subjectmodelsen_US
dc.subjectadaptationen_US
dc.title21L.448J / 21W.739J Darwin and Design, Fall 2009en_US
dc.title.alternativeDarwin and Designen_US


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