The critique of intelligent design: Epicurus, Marx, Darwin, and Freud and the materialist defense of science

Theory and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 515-546

  Clark, Brett ^a   Foster, John Bellamy ^b   York, Richard ^b  

^a Monthly Review Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 36549010154     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-007-9046-9     Document Type: Article

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