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Review title: arrogance goes with the territory, but hypocrisy is too much
Product review: Despite Dennett's smug tone, this wide-ranging study of the nature and influence of evolutionary theory does benefit from his philosophical analysis. Particularly interesting for me, as someone who works with probabilities, was his description of 'actualism', the doctrine that '_only_ the actual is possible'; ie anything which did not happen _could_not_ have happened. However, I couldn't stomach Dennett's sustained personal attack on Stephen Jay Gould, and stopped reading at the description of his supposed 'bully-pulpit'. I suggest you read both authors and decide for yourself who's the bully.
