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01983aam a22003494a 4500 001 1DD12B6C69C811E69620BACFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160824014144 008 080925s2009 ilu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2008042033 020 $a 0226137627 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780226137629 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)258770308 040 $a ICU/DLC $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UKM $d C#P $d BWX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BD581 $b .D25 2009 082 00 $a 124 $2 22 100 00 $a Davies, Paul Sheldon. 245 10 $a Subjects of the world : $b Darwin's rhetoric and the study of agency in nature / $c Paul Sheldon Davies. 260 $a Chicago : $b University of Chicago Press, $c 2009. 300 $a 259 p. ; $c 24 cm. 505 0 $a A progressive orientation: naturalism as exploration -- The vividness of truth: Darwin's romantic rhetoric and the evolutionary framework -- Our most vexing problem: conceptual conservatism and conceptual imperialism -- Naturalism as exploration: the elements of reform -- The allure of agency: "purpose" in biology -- The real heart of Darwinian evolutionary biology -- A formative power of a self-propagating kind: natural purposes and the concept location project -- A persistent mode of understanding: the psychological power of "purpose" -- The illusions of agency: "free will" and "moral responsibility" -- The death of an aphorism: the psychology of free will -- The bare possibility of our opinion: libertarian imperialism -- Words give us a special ability: compatibilist conservatism. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-251) and index. 650 0 $a Teleology 650 0 $a Philosophy of nature 650 0 $a Evolution 650 0 $a Agent (Philosophy) 600 10 $a Darwin, Charles, $d 1809-1882 $x Literary style. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824090459.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1DD12B6C69C811E69620BACFDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search