Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (2011)
Gissis, Snait B. (Editor)
Jablonka, Eva (Editor)
The MIT Press
Physical Details: xvi + 457 pp.; ill.
Language: English
In 1809--the year of Charles Darwin's birth--Jean-Baptiste Lamarck published Philosophie zoologique, the first comprehensive and systematic theory of biological evolution. The Lamarckian approach emphasizes the generation of developmental variations; Darwinism stresses selection. Lamarck's ideas were eventually eclipsed by Darwinian concepts, especially after the emergence of the Modern Synthesis in the twentieth century. The different approaches--which can be seen as complementary rather than mutually exclusive--have important implications for the kinds of questions biologists ask and for the type of research they conduct. Lamarckism has been evolving--or, in Lamarckian terminology, transforming--since Philosophie zoologique's description of biological processes mediated by "subtle fluids." Essays in this book focus on new developments in biology that make Lamarck's ideas relevant not only to modern empirical and theoretical research but also to problems in the philosophy of biology. Contributors discuss the historical transformations of Lamarckism from the 1820s to the 1940s, and the different understandings of Lamarck and Lamarckism; the Modern Synthesis and its emphasis on Mendelian genetics; theoretical and experimental research on such "Lamarckian" topics as plasticity, soft (epigenetic) inheritance, and individuality; and the importance of a developmental approach to evolution in the philosophy of biology. The book shows the advantages of a "Lamarckian" perspective on evolution. Indeed, the development-oriented approach it presents is becoming central to current evolutionary studies--as can be seen in the burgeoning field of Evo-Devo. Transformations of Lamarckism makes a unique contribution to this research.
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Essay Review Hall, Brian K. (2012) Lamarck, Lamarckism, Epigenetics and Epigenetic Inheritance. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 375-378).
Chapter Motzkin, Gabriel (2011) Lamarck, Darwin, and the Contemporary Debate about Levels of Selection. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 3-8).
Chapter Corsi, Pietro (2011) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck: from Myth to History. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 9-18).
Chapter Gissis, Snait B. (2011) Lamarckian Problematics in Historical Perspective. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 21-32).
Chapter Burkhardt, Richard W., Jr. (2011) Lamarck, Cuvier, and Darwin on Animal Behavior and Acquired Characters. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 33-44).
Chapter Gliboff, Sander (2011) The Golden Age of Lamarckism, 1866--1926. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 45-56).
Chapter Weissman, Charlotte (2011) Germinal Selection: A Weismannian Solution to Lamarckian Problematics. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 57-66).
Chapter Loison, Laurent (2011) The Notions of Plasticity and Heredity among French Neo-Lamarckians (1880--1940): From Complementarity to Incompatibility. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 67-76).
Chapter Roll-Hansen, Nils (2011) Lamarckism and Lysenkoism Revisited. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 77-88).
Chapter Gissis, Snait B. (2011) Lamarckism and the Constitution of Sociology. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 89-100).
Chapter Gissis, Snait B.; Jablonka, Eva (2011) The Exclusion of Soft (“Lamarckian”) Inheritance from the Modern Synthesis. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 103-108).
Chapter Lamb, Marion J. (2011) Attitudes to Soft Inheritance in Great Britain, 1930s-1970s. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 109-120).
Chapter Gilbert, Scott (2011) The Decline of Soft Inheritance. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 121-126).
Chapter Wilkins, Adam (2011) Why Did the Modern Synthesis Give Short Shrift to “Soft Inheritance”?. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 127-132).
Chapter Jablonka, Eva (2011) Lamarckian Problematics in Biology. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 145-156).
Chapter Newman, Stuart A.; Bhat, Ramray (2011) Lamarck's Dangerous Idea. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 157-170).
Chapter Markel, Arkady L.; Trut, Lyudmila N. (2011) Behavior, Stress, and Evolution in Light of the Novosibirsk Selection Experiments. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 171-180).
Chapter Braun, Erez; David, Lior (2011) The Role of Cellular Plasticity in the Evolution of Regulatory Novelty. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 181-192).
Chapter Sultan, Sonia E. (2011) Evolutionary Implications of Individual Plasticity. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 193-204).
Chapter Pearl, Sivan; Oppenheim, Amos; Balaban, Nathalie Q. (2011) Epigenetic Variability in a Predator-Prey System. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 205-214).
Chapter Jablonka, Eva (2011) Cellular Epigenetic Inheritance in the Twenty-First Century. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 215-226).
Chapter Rassoulzadegan, Minoo (2011) An Evolutionary Role for RNA-Mediated Epigenetic Variation?. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 227-236).
Chapter Gluckman, Peter D.; Hanson, Mark A.; Buklija, Tatjana (2011) Maternal and Transgenerational Influences on Human Health. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 237-250).
Chapter Buiatti, Marcello (2011) Plants: Individuals or Epigenetic Cell Populations?. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 251-260).
Chapter Feldman, Moshe; Levy, Avraham A. (2011) Instantaneous Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations in the Wheat Genome Caused by Allopolyploidization. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 261-270).
Chapter Sapp, Jan (2011) Lamarckian Leaps in the Microbial World. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 271-282).
Chapter Gilbert, Scott F. (2011) Symbionts as an Epigenetic Source of Heritable Variation. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 283-294).
Chapter Gissis, Snait B.; Jablonka, Eva (2011) Lamarckian Problematics in the Philosophy of Biology. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 297-306).
Chapter Shayit, Ayelet; Griesemer, James (2011) Mind the Gaps: Why Are Niche Construction Models So Rarely Used?. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 307-318).
Chapter Griffiths, Paul (2011) Our Plastic Nature. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 319-330).
Chapter Griesemer, James (2011) The Relative Significance of Epigenetic Inheritance in Evolution: Some Philosophical Considerations. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 331-344).
Chapter Lamm, Ehud (2011) The Metastable Genome: A Lamarckian Organ in a Darwinian World?. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 345-356).
Chapter Keller, Evelyn F. (2011) Self-Organization, Self-Assembly, and the Inherent Activity of Matter. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 357-364).
Chapter Gissis, Snait B.; Jablonka, Eva (2011) Ramifications and Future Directions. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 367-368).
Chapter Ginsburg, Simona (2011) Lamarck on the Nervous System: Past Insights and Future Perspectives. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 369-372).
Chapter Por, Francis Dov (2011) Lamarck's “Pouvoir De La Nature” Demystified: A Thermodynamic Foundation to Lamarck's Concept of Progressive Evolution. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 373-376).
Chapter Hirschbein, Luisa (2011) Prokaryotic Epigenetic Inheritance and Its Role in Evolutionary Genetics. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 377-380).
Chapter Falk, Raphael (2011) Evolution as Progressing Complexity. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 381-384).
Chapter Tauber, Alfred I. (2011) Epigenetics and the “New Biology”: Enlisting in the Assault on Reductionism. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 385-388).
Chapter Wilkins, Adam (2011) Epigenetic Inheritance: Where Does the Field Stand Today? What Do We Still Need to Know. In: Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology (pp. 389-394).
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