书目名称 | Charles Darwin‘s Incomplete Revolution |
副标题 | The Origin of Specie |
编辑 | Richard G. Delisle |
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概述 | Offers a reanalysis of Charles Darwin‘s Origin of Species.Invites to re-think evolutionism and the Darwinian Revolution.Double-checks the consistency of Darwin‘s conclusions |
丛书名称 | Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development |
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描述 | .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. Of course, scholars today know better than that. Yet, few resist the temptation of turning to the Origin in order to support it or reject it in light of their own work. Apparently, Darwin fills the mythical role of a founding figure that must either be invoked or repudiated. The book is an invitation to move beyond what is currently expected of Darwin‘s magnum opus. Once the rhetorical varnish of Darwin‘s discourses is removed, one discovers a work of remarkably indecisive conclusions. ..The book comprises two main theses:..(1) The Origin of Species never remotely achieved the theoretical unity to which it is often credited. Rather, Darwin was overwhelmed by a host of phenomena that could not fit into his narrow conceptual framework...(2) In the Origin of Species, Darwin failed at completing the full conversion to evolutionism. Carrying many ill-designed intellectual tools of the 17th and 18th centuries, Darwin merely promoted a special brand of evolutionism, one that prevented him from taking the decisive steps toward an ope |
出版日期 | Book 2019 |
关键词 | Origin of Species; Darwinism; Charles Darwin; Evolutionism; Complexity; Darwinian Revolution; Transformist |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17203-9 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-17205-3 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-17203-9Series ISSN 2524-7751 Series E-ISSN 2524-776X |
issn_series | 2524-7751 |
copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 |