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Darwin's Methodological Evolution (2005)

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

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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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Article Ruse, Michael (2005) The Darwinian Revolution, as Seen in 1979 and as Seen Twenty-Five Years Later in 2004. Journal of the History of Biology (p. 3). unapi

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