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Organisms, Agency, and Evolution (Hardcover)
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Organisms, Agency, and Evolution (Hardcover)
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The central insight of Darwin's Origin of Species is that evolution
is an ecological phenomenon, arising from the activities of
organisms in the 'struggle for life'. By contrast, the Modern
Synthesis theory of evolution, which rose to prominence in the
twentieth century, presents evolution as a fundamentally molecular
phenomenon, occurring in populations of sub-organismal entities -
genes. After nearly a century of success, the Modern Synthesis
theory is now being challenged by empirical advances in the study
of organismal development and inheritance. In this important study,
D. M. Walsh shows that the principal defect of the Modern Synthesis
resides in its rejection of Darwin's organismal perspective, and
argues for 'situated Darwinism': an alternative, organism-centred
conception of evolution that prioritises organisms as adaptive
agents. His book will be of interest to scholars and advanced
students of evolutionary biology and the philosophy of biology.
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