Darwin's Argument by Analogy

ISBN-13: 9781108708524 / Miękka / 2023 / 259 str.

Gregory (University of Leeds) Radick

Opis

Sets out an original perspective on Darwin's argument for the theory of natural selection.

Recenzje

'… best explains Darwin's overall argument strategy in the Origin, but they also contend that it provides insight into 'the broader historiographical, philosophical, and socio-economic themes and issues' associated with Darwin and his research.' Andrea Sullivan-Clarke, Metascience

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Analogy in classical Greece; 2. Analogy in the background to the Origin; 3. Darwin's analogical theorising before the Origin; 4. The 'one long argument' of the Origin; 5. An analysis of Darwin's argument by analogy; 6. Darwin's use of metaphor in the Origin; 7. Rebuttals of the revisionists; 8. Wider issues concerning Darwinian science.