Article ID: CBB001500032

Charles Darwin's Reputation: How It Changed during the Twentieth-Century and How It May Change Again (2014)

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Amundson, Ron (Author)


Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Volume: 38, no. 3-4
Issue: 3 - 4
Pages: 257-267


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Part of the Special issue on Charles Darwin and Scientific Revolutions.
Language: English

Charles Darwin died in 1882. During the twentieth century his reputation varied through time, as the scientific foundation of evolutionary theory changed. Beginning the century as an intellectual hero, he soon became a virtual footnote as experimental approaches to evolution began to develop. As the Modern Synthesis developed his reputation began to rise again until eventually he was identified as a founding father of the Modern Synthesis itself. In the meantime, developmental approaches to evolution began to challenge certain aspects of the Modern Synthesis. Synthesis authors attempted to refute the relevance of development by methodological arguments, some of them indirectly credited to Darwin. By the end of the century, molecular genetics had given new life to development approaches to evolution, now called evo devo. This must be seen as a refutation of the aforesaid methodological arguments of the Modern Synthesis advocates. By the way, we can also see now how the historiography that credited Darwin with the Synthesis was in error. In conclusion, one more historical revision is suggested.

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Authors & Contributors
Dominika Oramus
Emily Herrington
Purton, Valerie
Ishida, Yoichi
Green, Lisa Anne
Zachos, Frank E.
Concepts
Evolution
Modern Synthesis (biology)
Popular culture
Science and culture
Natural selection
Biology
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
United States
Latin America
Germany
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