The Impact of Darwin on Philosophy

Darwin's theories about the unconscious have had a huge impact, whether or not they're scientifically credible. The idea that there is a huge amount of what we do that isn't driven by our conscious thought, but is still very much motivated by things which are part of us, is fundamental to many people's understandingwhat it is to be human. After darwin, there was a plausible, causal story of how we come to be as we are....