Del 1 i serien Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development

Charles Darwin's Incomplete Revolution

The Origin of Species and the Static Worldview

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

AvRichard G. Delisle

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This book offers a thorough reanalysis of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, which for many people represents the work that alone gave rise to evolutionism.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-08-14
Mått155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt441 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEvolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development
Antal sidor276
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030172053

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Richard G. Delisle owns a PhD in paleoanthropology (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) and a PhD in philosophy (University of Montreal, Canada). He teaches evolutionary biology and history/philosophy of science in the programs of archaeology, philosophy, and liberal education at the University of Lethbridge (Canada). His research interest focuses on the multidisciplinary quest of understanding evolutionary studies under the intimate light of its past and current developments.

Chapter 1: Introduction: Darwin in the Larger Intellectual Context.- Part I: Historical Shallowness.- Chapter 2: Evolution in a Fully Constituted World.- Part II: To Travel in Geographical Space is to Travel in Geological Time.- Chapter 3: Imposing Order Upon Complexity: Divergence Forward in Time (Origin, chap. 1-5, 8).- Chapter 4: The Wild Power of Natural Selection: Vertical Evolution, Analogies, and Imaginary Scenarios (Origin, chap. 6-7).- Chapter 5: An Attempt at Taming Natural Selection With Convergence Backward in Time, Part I (Origin,chap. 11-12).- Chapter 6: An Attempt at Taming Natural Selection With Convergence Backward inTime, Part II (Origin, chap. 13).- Part III: Evolutionary Dynamics.- Chapter 7: Cyclicity, Evolutionary Equilibrium, and Biological Progress.- Part IV: A Question of Methods.- Chapter 8: Methodologies for a World Already Revealed.- Chapter 9: Conclusion: A restored unity in the Origin of Species?.