Evolution As a Religion

According to a profile in The Guardian, Mary Midgley is the foremost scourge of scientific pretension in this country: someone whose wit is admired even by those who feel she sometimes oversteps the mark. Considered one of Britains finest philosophers, Midgley is notorious for exposing the illogical logic of a science turned poor doctrine. Never more at home than when taking on the high priests of evolutionary theory Dawkins, Wilson and their acolytes she famously described evolution as the creation-myth of our age. In Evolution as a Religion she examines how science comes to function as a substitute for religion, and then exposes it as nothing more than a magnificent sham. As ever, her argument is flawlessly insightful: a punchy, compelling, lively indictment of the notion of science as religion. Both the book and its author are true classics of our time. Mary Midgley (1919) A philosopher with a special interest in ethics, human nature and science, Mary Midgely has a widespread internationalMidgley, Mary is the author of 'Evolution As a Religion' with ISBN 9780415278324 and ISBN 0415278325.