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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great ScholarlyPieceBy john messerlyRuse is one of the best and fairestintellectuals in philosophy of biology today. He traces the conceptof progress as he does all other ideas--fairly and impartially.Good read but not an easy one, definitely for scholars. A briefsummary of the ideas of progress can be found in Chapter 9 of TheMeaning of Life: Religious, Philosophical, Scientific, andTranshumanist Perspectives by John Messerly available here at .26of 26 people found the following review helpful. His pet peeveByCustomerThis massive bit of research into the history ofevolutionary thought represents Michael Ruse's attempt to convincefellow scientists to show interest in what he sees as twofundamental issues in evolutionism. The first is the dissonancebetween it and other scientific enquiries. More specifically Ruseis concerned about the indifference physicists, chemists, and otherscientists engaged in the "practical" sciences show towardsevolution. They hardly care about evolution's focus on origins andare instead interested in their own experiments. The second issueis Ruse's pet peeve. It is the tendency, which he says he can traceback 250 years, for evolutionism to be influenced by culturalvalues. More specifically, Ruse says that the idea of socialprogress has always had a close relationship with evolution. Thisis the subject which he explores for the vast majority of thebook.The best encapsulation of this idea of Progress (which Rusedescribes with a capital "P" to emphasize its significance)is itsmovement from the simplest biological form to the most complex.Thus we have from MONAD TO MAN. Ruse says that the idea "that therewill be an ongoing improvement of human society through humaneffort was the parent idea of evolution, which was taken to have atits heart the idea of biological progress." He shows that it was infact the norm in Darwin's time. But is it still so today, and ofcritical importance to readers of this book, does Ruse make aconvincing argument that it is so? More importantly still, does hemake a case to convince his fellow scientists to care? I say yes tothe first part (and at over 600 pages his book had better beconvincing!) He points out that from about the 1950's there was ashift and evolutionary science became more objective. Ruse is veryconvincing in showing that this was not as a result of scientistsgiving up belief in social or biological Progress, but merely thesuppressing of these ideas at the behest of professionalizers.Idoubt that he's convinced too many of his colleagues though. Itseems instead that he's annoyed them. One scientist commenting onthe book in the "National Review" said Ruse's belief that progresswas a cultural value was a "stretch" and that "to suggest as hedoes that such a belief actually affects the content ofcontemporary evolutionary biology is simply unjustified." I'dsuggest you read and decide for yourself. It's worth itconsidereing some of the present day scientists he interviewed andwhose work he looks at - Stephen Jay Gould, Ernst Mayr, JohnMaynard Smith, and E.O. Wilson. The only caveat is the size of thebook and that in making sure that he's not a "popularizer" himself,Ruse does not write with the general reader in mind.

The idea of evolution: it fascinates some of us, disturbs others,and leaves only a very few people indifferent. In a major newinterpretation of evolutionary theory, Michael Ruse pinpoints thecommon source of this attraction and discomfort. A renowned writeron evolutionary theory and its history, Ruse has long beensensitive to the fact that many people--and not simply religiousenthusiasts--find something deeply troubling about much of whatpasses for science in evolutionary circles. What causes thistension, he finds in his search of evolutionism's 250-year history,is the intimate relationship between evolution and the secularideology of progress.Ubiquitous in Darwin's time, the idea of anunceasing improvement in life insinuated its way into evolutionarytheory from the first. In interviews with today's major figures inevolutionary biology--including Stephen Jay Gould, Edward O.Wilson, Ernst Mayr, and John Maynard Smith--and in an intimate lookat the discoveries and advances in the history and philosophy ofscience, Ruse finds this belief just as prevalent today--however itmight be denied or obscured. His book traces the delicate linebetween those who argue that science is and must be objective andthose who deem science a "social construction" in the fashion ofreligion or the rest of culture. It offers an unparalleled accountof evolutionary theory, from popular books to museums to the mostcomplex theorizing, at a time when its status as science is undergreater scrutiny than ever before.

From Library JournalEvolution has stirred heated social debate frombefore the time of Darwin to the present, perhaps especially today.Ruse, a philosopher of bioethics and evolutionary biology at theUniversity of Guelph, Ontario, discusses the influence ofbiological and social progressionist thought on the primary figuresin the development of evolutionary theory. He also explores therole of progress in the development of the discipline from popularto professional science. Ruse confines himself to the biologicalrealm of evolution and avoids the evolution vs. creation debate.From historical research to interviews with today's leadingevolutionary biologists, Ruse's book mirrors the lively debatesthroughout the history of the field. Though not necessarilydesigned for general audiences, this thought-provoking and readablebook is highly recommended for larger general as well as advancedundergraduate collections.?Bruce D. Neville, Univ. of New MexicoLib., AlbuquerqueCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.What is your favourite model of biological evolution? Whether it isrungs on a ladder, the ever-branching tree, or even the more modernimage of movement between peaks in a 'fitness landscape', chancesare it treats time in just one way: later means better...The ideaof evolution was the child of the hopes of progress, as MichaelRuse puts it in Monad to Man, his impressive 'philosophicalhistory' of these notions...Ruse tracks down [this] tendency in thework of innumerable writers...All this makes [his] book a superbsummary of the views of every major evolutionist. The result isunfailingly interesting. Ruse presents much to argue with, both foraficionados of evolution and for theorists of science. (Jon TurneyNew Scientist)[A] fascinating, and often maddening book...[Ruse]traces the history of evolutionary thought from Aristotle toStephen Jay Gould and E. O. Wilson...[Ruse's book] gives us much tothink about: the concept of evolution and the evolution ofconcepts, progress in nature and the nature of progress. (LucyHorwitz Boston Book )Ruse provides a history of evolutionarybiology from its inception to its belated maturity that is full ofinsight. (David L. Hull Nature)Michael Ruse has written animportant book on the status of evolutionism that will almostcertainly become embroiled in controversy. (Peter J. BowlerAmerican Scientist)Based on comparisons of professional and popularliterature and interviews with leading theoreticians, this bookpresents a thorough overview and synthesis of evolutionary biology.Of significant heuristic value in the debate of the Westernpredeliction for the concept of progress as it applies toevolutionary theory. Sensitive to concerns of many non-scientistsfor the science of evolutionary biology. Extensive literature citedsection. Very detailed and interesting accounts of the many peoplewho have contributed to science of evolutionary biology.(Northeastern Naturalist)With verve, humor and much historicalcolor, [Ruse] traces the conflict between the popular conception ofevolution and the professionally legitimate version. (Jeffrey MarshWashington Times)What Ruse produces is a grand review, aninteresting and informative survey. (Arthur B. Cody Toronto GlobeMail)Monad to Man will be controversial not because of itsimplications for social and ethical issues, but because of what itsays about the scientific study of evolutionary biology...Ruse'swriting style is bluff, unselfconscious, and opinionated...[It]does detract from the appearance of neutrality. But it addsimmeasurably to the literary value of the book. Monad to Mancombines the sweeping history of the science of evolution withintricate details about individual scientists' researches,prejudices, and personal lives...The result is a richly texturednarrative...Ruse has certainly established that the ideas ofevolution and progress have been closely linked. His thesis thatthe profession of biology has been shaped by scientists'embarrassment about this linkage will be the focus of furtherdebate. In the meantime he has given us a rich and compellingnarrative of the personalities and ideas that shaped the history ofevolutionary biology. (Ron Amundson British Journal for thePhilosophy of Science)The historical and conceptual richness ofRuse's treatment makes it inspiring reading. The book is notintended as a definitive history of evolutionary science. Rather itis a kaleidoscope of events and reflections meant to suggest newquestions and inspire further research. (Nils Roll-Hansen Nuncius[Italy])From historical research to interviews with today's leadingevolutionary biologists, Ruse's book mirrors the lively debatesthroughout the history of the field...This thought-provoking andreadable book is highly recommended. (Library Journal)A book thatwill instruct, excite, and infuriate a large readership. It makesfor compelling reading, even if at times you want to throw itacross the room. (Robert J. Richards, University of Chicago) A bookthat will instruct, excite, and infuriate a large readership. Itmakes for compelling reading, even if at times you want to throw itacross the room. (Robert J. Richards, University of Chicago)

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