In his 1995 book ''[[Darwinian Fairytales]]'', [[Australian]] philosopher [[David Stove]]<ref>{{harvnb|Stove|1995}}</ref> used the term "Darwinism" in a different sense than the above examples. Describing himself as non-religious and as accepting the concept of natural selection as a well-established fact, Stove nonetheless attacked what he described as flawed concepts proposed by some "Ultra-Darwinists." Stove alleged that by using weak or false ''[[ad hoc]]'' reasoning, these Ultra-Darwinists used evolutionary concepts to offer explanations that were not valid: for example, Stove suggested that the [[Sociobiology|sociobiological]] explanation of [[altruism]] as an evolutionary feature was presented in such a way that the argument was effectively immune to any criticism. English philosopher [[Simon Blackburn]] wrote a rejoinder to Stove,<ref>{{cite journal |last=Blackburn |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Blackburn |date=oktober 1996 |title=I Rather Think I Am a Darwinian |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_philosophy_1996-10_71_278/page/605 |journal=[[Philosophy (journal)|Philosophy]] |location=Cambridge |volume=71 |number=278 |pages=605–616 |issn=0031-8191 |jstor=3751128 |doi=10.1017/s0031819100053523}}</ref> though a subsequent essay by Stove's protégé [[James Franklin (philosopher)|James Franklin]]<ref>{{cite journal |last=Franklin |first=James |author-link=James Franklin (philosopher) |date=januar 1997 |title=Stove's Anti-Darwinism |url=http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/stovesantidarwinism.pdf |journal=Philosophy |location=Cambridge |volume=72 |number=279 |pages=133–136 |issn=0031-8191 |jstor=3751309 |doi=10.1017/s0031819100056692}}</ref> suggested that Blackburn's response actually "confirms Stove's central thesis that Darwinism can 'explain' anything."
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