Darwin, social theory, and the sociology of scientific knowledge

Zygon

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 573-600

  Murphy, Nancey ^a  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charles Darwin; Nonreductive physicalism; Religion and science; Social Darwinism; Thomas Malthus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750174739     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00237     Document Type: Article

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