Philosophical Perspectives on Evolutionary Theory: A Sketch of the History
Discussion of Darwinian evolutionary theory by philosophers has gone through a number of historical phases, from indifference (in the first hundred years), to criticism (in the 1960s and 70s), to enthusiasm and expansionism (since about 1980). This paper documents these phases and speculates about w...
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| description | Discussion of Darwinian evolutionary theory by philosophers has gone through a number of historical phases, from indifference (in the first hundred years), to criticism (in the 1960s and 70s), to enthusiasm and expansionism (since about 1980). This paper documents these phases and speculates about what, philosophically speaking, underlies them. It concludes with some comments on the present state of the evolutionary debate, where rapid and important changes within evolutionary theory may be passing by unnoticed by philosophers. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-390972017-01-30T14:30:18Z Philosophical Perspectives on Evolutionary Theory: A Sketch of the History tapper, Alan Evolutionary theory philosophy of biology Darwinism Discussion of Darwinian evolutionary theory by philosophers has gone through a number of historical phases, from indifference (in the first hundred years), to criticism (in the 1960s and 70s), to enthusiasm and expansionism (since about 1980). This paper documents these phases and speculates about what, philosophically speaking, underlies them. It concludes with some comments on the present state of the evolutionary debate, where rapid and important changes within evolutionary theory may be passing by unnoticed by philosophers. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39097 Royal Society of Western Australia fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Evolutionary theory philosophy of biology Darwinism tapper, Alan Philosophical Perspectives on Evolutionary Theory: A Sketch of the History |
| title | Philosophical Perspectives on Evolutionary Theory: A Sketch of the History |
| title_full | Philosophical Perspectives on Evolutionary Theory: A Sketch of the History |
| title_fullStr | Philosophical Perspectives on Evolutionary Theory: A Sketch of the History |
| title_full_unstemmed | Philosophical Perspectives on Evolutionary Theory: A Sketch of the History |
| title_short | Philosophical Perspectives on Evolutionary Theory: A Sketch of the History |
| title_sort | philosophical perspectives on evolutionary theory: a sketch of the history |
| topic | Evolutionary theory philosophy of biology Darwinism |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39097 |