Beyond Natural Selection

in this broad and highly readable inquiry, Robert Wesson proposes an approach to evolution that is more in harmony with modern science than Darwinism or neoDarwinism. He emphasizes the importance for evolution of inner direction and the self-organizing capacities of life, a view that is better able to account for the chaotic nature of the evolutionary process and the inherent propensity of complex dynamic systems to grow more complex with time. Many examples of plants and animals support this idea, and Wesson includes both carefully documented scientific facts and intriguing anecdotes about the odd aberrations in natural selection.Books by Robert Wesson include Cosmos and Metacosmos.

proposes an approach to evolution that is more in harmony with modern science than Darwinism or neo-Darwinism

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Stirs up the muck that has been nicely settled at the bottom of Darwinism for over a century by reporting the growing suspicion in scientific circles that natural selection is not a sufficient explanation for how things are. Discusses how organisms bring about their own evolution through choices and learning. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Robert Wesson, a political scientist who has undergone ecdysis, is Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institute in Stanford, California.