Revisiting the Origin of Species - The Other Darwins

Informationen zum Autor Thierry Hoquet is Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy at Paris Nanterre University, France. Klappentext Revisiting the 'Origin of Species' focuses on Darwin as theorizing on the origin of variations; showing that Darwin himself was never a pan-selectionist (in contrast to some of his followers) but was concerned with "other means of modification" (which makes him an evolutionary pluralist). Zusammenfassung Revisiting the 'Origin of Species' focuses on Darwin as theorizing on the origin of variations; showing that Darwin himself was never a pan-selectionist (in contrast to some of his followers) but was concerned with "other means of modification" (which makes him an evolutionary pluralist). Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. The meanings of "Darwinism" Part I. Darwin-the-Selectionist and beyond Chapter 1. A labyrinthine Origin Chapter 2. Diffracting Darwin’s title— The prism of translations Chapter 3. "One long argument"? Darwin-the-Selectionist Part II. Darwin-the-Variationist Chapter 4. Darwin-the-Epicurean. Chance and laws of variation. Chapter 5. Darwin-the-Teleologist. Are all variations useful? Chapter 6. Darwin-the-Lamarckian and the Other "Means of Modification" Part III. Radical origins: Darwin-the-Cosmologist Chapter 7. "Mystery of mysteries": the temptation of origin Chapter 8. "Originally Breathed": or, on the Origin of Life Chapter 9. "Light will be thrown": or, on the Origin of Mankind Chapter 10. Darwin-the-Darwinist, Or the Quest for Systematic Coherency Conclusion. Darwinisms, or Darwin Diffracted

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• Authors: Thierry Hoquet, Thierry (Universite Lyon 3 Jean Moulin Hoquet, Hoquet Thierry
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138607156
• ISBN: 978-1-138-60715-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: History and Philosophy of Biology; History and Philosophy of Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Evolution, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Evolution / Evolutionary biology