HIST 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Itch, Eugenics Record Office, Social Issue
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Idea that species have evolved = huge at the time but controversial because people were religious. Realized plants and animals could have reproduced a lot all of the time, what was limiting them from doing so was the competition for necessities/survival. Species: population that interbreeds and have fertile offspring. Neutral about ethics/religion etc: you either survive or become extinct. No other theory comes close in terms of explanatory power. E(cid:448)e(cid:374) though his theor(cid:455) has u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersal a(cid:272)(cid:272)epta(cid:374)(cid:272)e, there(cid:859)s loads of religious (cid:272)ou(cid:374)terargu(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts. Rise of biblical literalism in 19th century taking more claims literally rather than theoretically affected the separation of the spheres of science and religion. Religions being inherently opposed is a roughly new idea. Historically, the 2 things co-existed and people often credentialed in both things (christianity) Appeals to primary causality ends the debate. Appeals to secondary causality provide explanations realm of science and neutral with respect to theolog(cid:455).
