Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog

Christopher E. Cosans teaches philosophy at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.

List of Illustrations; AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: On the Origin of the Darwin WarsAnalytic Table of Contents1. The Parable of the Hippopotamus Major; 2. Philosophical Anatomy and the Human Soul; 3. Evolution and the Discovery of the Gorilla; 4. Does the Brain Distinguish Human from Beast?; 5. Economics and Values on the Eve of the Origin; 6. The Values and Metaphysics of Darwin's Origin; 7. Why Owen Rejected Darwin's Analysis; 8. Huxley's Hippocampus Counter-Attack; 9. The Dissection of a Metaphysical Dispute; 10. Ethics, Experience, and TruthAppendix 1. Excerpt from Owen's 1851 Article on Ape and Human Brain Size; Appendix 2. The Concluding Pages of Owen's Anatomy of Vertebrates (1868) on Evolution, the Origins of Life, Metaphysics, and Theology; Bibliography; Index