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Charles Darwin's Incomplete Revolution - The Origin of Species and the Static Worldview (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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Charles Darwin's Incomplete Revolution - The Origin of Species and the Static Worldview (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Series: Evolutionary Biology - New Perspectives on Its Development, 1
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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.
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