Article ID: CBB763277191

Modus Darwin Reconsidered (2016)

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‘Modus Darwin’ is the name given by Elliott Sober to a form of argument that he attributes to Darwin in the Origin of Species, and to subsequent evolutionary biologists who have reasoned in the same way. In short, the argument form goes: similarity, ergo common ancestry. In this article, I review and critique Sober’s analysis of Darwin’s reasoning. I argue that modus Darwin has serious limitations that make the argument form unsuitable for supporting Darwin’s conclusions, and that Darwin did not reason in this way.

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Authors & Contributors
Lorenzano, Pablo
Beurton, Peter
Brenner, Sydney
Brzezinski Prestes, María Elice de
Creath, Richard
De Araújo, Aldo Mellender
Journals
Biology and Philosophy
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biological Theory
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Filosofia e História da Biologia
HOPOS
Publishers
University of Toronto
Cambridge University Press
Associação de Filosofia e História da Ciência do Cone Sul
Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa
Oxford University Press
Princeton University Press
Concepts
Biology
Philosophy of biology
Darwinism
Evolution
Natural selection
Teleology
People
Darwin, Charles Robert
Sober, Elliott R.
Aristotle
Cuvier, Frédéric Georges
Foucault, Michel
Helmont, Jan Baptista van
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
Places
Brazil
Argentina
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