Alfred Russel Wallace’s Bicentennial Year: A Cause for Celebration and for Sadness

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All the hyperbole shows the fix is in — Wallace has been made safe for scientism and Darwinian reductionism. The academy can breathe easy. Source
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A “Prepared Mind” for Alfred Russel Wallace

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Although Wallace receded into the deep recesses of my memory, I had what Pasteur called “the prepared mind.” Source
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For Labor Day Weekend: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man

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Take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory. Source
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James Dwight Dana: Falsely Claimed Darwinist

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When it comes to claims of the “nearly unanimous” acceptance of Darwinian evolution, mere assertion cannot stand as fact. Source
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