Charles Darwin's Incomplete Revolution : The Origin of Species and the Static Worldview / / by Richard G. Delisle
| Charles Darwin's Incomplete Revolution : The Origin of Species and the Static Worldview / / by Richard G. Delisle |
| Autore | Delisle Richard G |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 276 p. 11 illus.) |
| Disciplina |
576.8
576.82 |
| Collana | Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Science - History Philosophy, Modern Evolutionary Biology History of Science Early Modern Philosophy |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 in Time, 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?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337953803321 |
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Unity and Disunity in Evolutionary Biology : Deconstructing Darwinism / / edited by Richard G. Delisle, Maurizio Esposito, David Ceccarelli
| Unity and Disunity in Evolutionary Biology : Deconstructing Darwinism / / edited by Richard G. Delisle, Maurizio Esposito, David Ceccarelli |
| Autore | Delisle Richard G |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (591 pages) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
EspositoMaurizio
CeccarelliDavid |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Science - History Biology - Philosophy Evolutionary Theory Evolutionary Biology History of Science Philosophy of Biology |
| ISBN | 3-031-42629-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I: Introductory Essays -- Toward a New Historiography -- "Reformist" and "Radical" Historiographies Behind and Beyond the Unity and Disunity of the Evolutionary Thought -- Darwin as a Unifying Figure in Evolutionary Biology: A Meta-Historical Overview -- Part II: Deconstructing Darwinism -- Constructing, Deconstructing and Reconstructing. On “Darwinism” and “Darwinisms”, with Some Disparate Considerations on the History of Science -- The Evolution of “Darwinism”: Up Close and Personal -- Richard Owen’s Deconstruction of Darwinian Natural Selection -- Darwin, Archaeopteryx lithographica and the Problem of Intermediate Species -- Deconstructing Darwinism with Darwin, Mayr, and Gould: Through the Lens of Evolutionary Contingency -- Is Darwinism a Metaphysical Research Program? Analysis and Discussion of Karl Popper’s Position -- Part III: Around and Beyond the Synthesis -- Typology/Population Distinction and Its Role in the Marginalization of 19th-Century Non-Darwinian Theories in Modern Historiography -- Fisher, Wright and Haldane: Three Philosophical Conceptions of Evolution -- A Synthesis Without Darwin: Unification Attempts in Early Theoretical Biology -- The Strange Story of Mosaic Evolution -- Deconstructing the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis: Do We Need a New Theory of Evolution? -- Part IV: Deconstructing the Historiography of Evolutionary Biology -- Deconstructing and Reconstructing the History of Evolutionary Thought: An Agenda for a "Post-Darwinian" Historiography -- What if Darwin Had Published His 1844 Essay? -- Redrawing the Boundaries of Darwinism: Addressing Darwin’s Endorsement of the Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics in Darwin’s Celebrations, 1909-1959-2009 -- The “Darwinian Revolution” as a Presentist Discourse: Ideological Implications Beyond the Anglo-Saxon Context -- Historicity, Temporalities and Causality: A Confusion at the Heart of Debates on Darwinism -- Shacking the Tree: Discussing an Evolutionary Icon. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910886099303321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 | ||
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