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Darwin's Dangerous Idea is a book by Daniel Dennett that puts forward the principle that Darwinian evolution is the central organising force not only in biology, but also in most other aspects of the Universe, including the human mind (see Neural Darwinism).

Dennett coins a number of informal terms in this book, several of which have been used by later authors:

Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life ISBN 068482471X


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