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- 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
Part of the book series: Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development (EBNPD, volume 1)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Historical Shallowness
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To Travel in Geographical Space Is to Travel in Geological Time
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Evolutionary Dynamics
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A Question of Methods
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Back Matter
About this book
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 open and modern evolutionism.
It makes an interesting read for biologists, historians and philosophers alike.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Philosophy and School of Liberal Education, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada
Richard G. Delisle
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Charles Darwin's Incomplete Revolution
Book Subtitle: The Origin of Species and the Static Worldview
Authors: Richard G. Delisle
Series Title: Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17203-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17202-2Published: 10 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17205-3Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17203-9Published: 28 June 2019
Series ISSN: 2524-7751
Series E-ISSN: 2524-776X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 276
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, History of Biology, Modern Philosophy