Purpose in Evolution
I stumbled across renegade philosopher Chris Bateman during Covidtide, and have found him a breath of fresh air in a world where intellectuals rarely say unexpected things. Bateman is difficult to categorize both philosophically and politically, a sure sign of a vivid and independent mind. He always approaches his topics with good will and generosity to his "opponents", and his arguments are lucid and always good food for thought, regardless of whether or not I agree with them. I have only read one of Bateman's books to date (though I hope to dig into more in the future), namely, The Mythology of Evolution , which I found an invaluable resource to investigating the unspoken assumptions that we all bring to the table with powerful and pervasive "myths" like evolution. Most of the book I found well-argued, and couldn't help but agree with its conclusions, but there was one section that I took small issue with. The structure of the book involves Bateman identi...