Gildenhuys, Peter (Author)
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Volume: 35
Pages: 593--611
In what follows, I consider the role of analogy in the first edition of Darwin's Origin. I argue that Darwin follows Herschel's methodology and hence exploits an analogy between artificial and natural selection that allows him generalize selection as a cause of evolutionary change. This argument strategy is not equivalent to an argument from analogy. Reading Darwin's argument as conforming to Herschel's two-step methodology of causal analysis followed by generalization allows us to understand the role and placement of Darwin's discussion of artificial selection in the Origin, without making the mistake of portraying Darwin's argument for the existence and character of natural selection as an analogical argument.
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