Ideological and Metaphysical Dimensions of Modern Biology: A Review of Biology and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins

Authors : Mehmet Kuyucu

Pages : 794-803

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Publication Date : 2025-12-31

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Biology and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins (The University of Chicago Press, 2010), a 454-page edited volume by Denis R. Alexander and Ronald L. Numbers, explores the dynamic interplay between science, religion, and ideology in a continuous historical framework. Comprising thirteen scholarly essays, the book examines how biology interacts with theological and philosophical domains of meaning. Employing a historical-analytical methodology, it demonstrates that biology has evolved not merely as an explanatory science of nature but also as an intellectual framework that functions as an ideological authority—constituting a significant contribution to the contemporary literature on science–religion relations.
Keywords : Biyoloji, İdeoloji, Bilim-Din ilişkisi, Evrim, Doğalcılık, Teoloji

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