... ] Each domain has its own distinctive questions, rules, and criteria of judgment. Gould discusses various historical cases in which religious leaders took dogmatic stands outside their field of competence, from Galileo to the Arkansas creationism trial. But he is equally critical of scientists who try to derive philosophical, theological, or ethical conclusions from science. He rejects the attempts of sociobiologists to ... ...

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