Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Herbert Spencer: Social Darwinism, 1857 Herbert Spencer (18201903) was thinking about ideas of evolution and progress before Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species (1859). Nonetheless, his ideas received a major boost from Darwin's theories and the general application of ideas such as adaptation and survival of the fittest ...

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) British philosopher and sociologist, Herbert Spencer was a major figure in the intellectual life of the Victorian era. He was one of the principal proponents of evolutionary theory in the mid nineteenth century, and his reputation at the time rivaled that of Charles Darwin. Spencer was initially best known for developing and applying evolutionary theory to philosophy, ...

Critics of evolutionary theory very often misunderstand the philosophical issues of the speciality known as the philosophy of science.

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Near Matches Ignore Exact Herbert Spencer (person) by ModernAngel (6 hr) (print) Sat Dec 04 1999 at 08:53:06 1820 - 1903. English philosopher. Coined the term survival of the fittest ; helped spread acceptance of Darwin's theory of evolution. Investigated applications of evolution theory throughout the social sciences. (person) by Tem42 (40 min) (print) 1 C! Mon Jun 12 2000 at 03:20:55 ...