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Originally published in 1990, Nature and History examines how Darwin's theory of evolution has been expanded by scholars and researchers to include virtually every scientific discipline. The book presents a morphological analysis of historical and social sciences - sciences which have traditionally have been viewed as too random in their progressions to conform to a model. Through the evaluation of empirical and factual evidence, the book builds a case for an evolutionary paradigm which encompasses both natural and social sciences, and presents the form's adaptiveness in working historical models.
List of contents
Acknowledgements Part I: The Paradigms of Form 1. Synthesis of Biological and Psychological Processes 2. The Nature-Knowledge Nexus and the Synthesis of Form 3. Nature and History: The Problem of a Unitary Conception of Reality 4. Natural Sciences and Socio-Historical Sciences 5. Toward a Unified Perspective: Form and Historical Knowledge Part II: Morphological Analysis Applied to Historical Phenomena 6. The Dynamics of Change in Historical Processes: Some Examples Bibliography to Part I Bibliography to Part II
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Ignazio Masulli
Summary
Originally published in 1990, Nature and History presents a morphological analysis of historical and social sciences and builds a case for an evolutionary paradigm which encompasses both natural and social sciences, and presents the form’s adaptiveness in working historical models.
