Article ID: CBB000550930

Darwin's Methodological Evolution (2005)

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Lennox, James G. (Author)


Journal of the History of Biology
Volume: 38
Pages: 85--99


Publication Date: 2005
Edition Details: Part of a special issue: The “Darwinian Revolution”: Whether, What and Whose?
Language: English

A necessary condition for having a revolution named after you is that you are an innovator in your field. I argue that if Charles Darwin meets this condition, it is as a philosopher and methodologist. In 1991, I made the case for Darwinrsquos innovative use of ldquothought experimentrdquo in the Origin. Here I place this innovative practice in the context of Darwinrsquos methodological commitments, trace its origins back into Darwinrsquos notebooks, and pursue Darwinrsquos suggestion that it owes its inspiration to Charles Lyell.

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Authors & Contributors
Cowles, Henry M.
Ruse, Michael
Mazzeo, Marco
Wilner, Eduardo
Weber, Bruce H.
Tucker, Aviezer
Concepts
Darwinism
Philosophy of science
Evolution
Methodology of science; scientific method
Intellectual history
Science and culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
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