The Meaning of Evolution
The Morphological Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of Darwin's Theory (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
Edición de la obra The meaning of evolution
| Autor | Robert J. Richards |
|---|---|
| Editorial | University Of Chicago Press |
| Fecha de publicación | July 15, 1993 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 222 |
| Formato | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9780226712031 |
| ISBN-10 | 0226712036 |
| LCCN | 2012397317 |
| Número de Cutter | R517m |
This provocative reading of Darwin goes directly to the origins of evolutionary theory. Unlike most contemporary biologists or historians and philosophers of science, Richards holds that Darwin did concern himself with the idea of progress, or telos, as he constructed his theory. Richards maintains that Darwin drew on the traditional embryological meanings of the terms 'evolution' and 'descent with modification'.