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Survival of the fittest theory: Darwinism's limits

By Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini

3 February 2010

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If Darwin had known what we know now, he might have come to different conclusions

(Image: Anna Gowthrope/PA Wire/AP)

READERS in search of literature about Darwin or Darwinism will have no trouble finding it. Recent milestone anniversaries of Darwin’s birth and of the publication of On the Origin of Species have prompted a plethora of material, so authors thinking of adding another volume had better have a good excuse for it. We have written another book about Darwinism, and we urge you to take it to heart. Our excuse is in the title: What Darwin Got Wrong.

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