Readings on: Reactions to the new naturalism

Mayr, Ernst “Darwin’s Influence on Modern Thought” in Scientific American, July, 2000 [abridged– 2000 words] [abstract– 280 words]— reasons why modern thought is most dependent on Darwin's ideas

Hofstadter, Richard Social Darwinism in American Thought George Braziller, New York 1955 [abridged – 300 words] — the influence of evolution

Dewey, John in Living Philosophies, Simon and Schuster, New York 1931 [abridged–700 words] [abstract– 70 words] — what we experience is the real world – and it is forever changing