Introduction

• Goal and Purpose of this Study

• Scope and Method of this Study

• Plan of this Study

• Introduction

• Natural Philosophy and the Newtonian World View

• Civil, or Moral Philosophy

• Philosophical History and Political Economy in the Scottish and French Enlightenment

• Conclusion

• Introduction



• Philosophy of Science in the Early and Mid-19th Century



• Evolutionary Theory: Biological and Social before Darwin



• The Trajectory of Political Economy



• Darwin’s Biology



• The Ramifications of Darwin’s Theories



• Conclusion

• Introduction



• Darwin’s Impact on Philosophy of Science



• The More General Theory of Sociology



• The End of Political Economy: Marx, Marshall and Veblen



• Conclusion

• Introduction



• Philosophy of Science in the Early and Mid-20th Century



• Evolutionary Social Theory: Marginalization and Reaction in the Social Sciences



• Conclusion

• Introduction



• Philosophy of Science: Neo-Positivism



• Ontology and Epistemology: Critical Realism and Critical Common Sensism



• Contemporary Evolutionary Biology: An Overview



• Biology and Evolutionary Social Theory



• Toward the Neo-Evolutionary Synthesis



• Conclusion