Charles Darwin's incomplete revolution : the Origin of species and the static worldview / Richard G. Delisle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delisle, Richard G., author.

Series:

Evolutionary biology (Springer (Firm))

Evolutionary biology - new perspectives on its development, 2524-7751

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species.

Darwin, Charles.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Influence.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.

Evolution (Biology)--History.

Evolution (Biology).

History.

Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.

Natural selection--History.

Natural selection.

Physical Description:

ix, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]

Contents:

1. Introduction: Darwin in the larger intellectual context

Part I. Historical shallowness. 2. Evolution in a fully constituted world

Part II. To travel in geographical space is to travel in geological time. 3. Imposing order upon complexity : divergence forward in time (Origin, chaps. 1-5, 8) ; 4. The wild power of natural selection : vertical evolution, analogies, and imaginary scenarios (Origin, chaps. 6-7) ; 5. An attempt at taming natural selection with convergence backward in time, Part I (Origin, chaps. 11 and 12) ; 6. An attempt at taming natural selection with convergence backward in time, Part II (Origin, chap. 13)

Part III. Evolutionary dynamics. 7. Cyclicity, evolutionary equilibrium, and biological progress

Part IV. A question of methods. 8. Methodologies for a world fully revealed ; 9. Conclusion: A restored unity in the Origin of species?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3030172023

9783030172022

OCLC:

1089858120