This thesis examines the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the concept of
natural selection which is pervasively invoked in biology and other 'evolutionary'domains …

This book mainly aims to present an accurate history of the Darwinian tradition conducted
from a point of view that is both socially contextualized and conceptually reflective, and to do …

THE 'STRUGGLE for Existence'played an important role in Darwin's conception of natural
selection. In the twentieth century, however, more than a few biologists and philosophers …

Biologists continue to discuss the neo-Darwinian theory of evolution through natural
selection. Some question its respectability as a scientific construct, while others doubt its …

This essay presents the misinterpretation of the scientific contribution and natural selection
theory of Charles Darwin. It notes that Darwin's theory has remained widely contested citing …

Mayr (1959) stressed the importance of ways of thinking as determining success and failure
in scientific endeavor. An outstanding example is how typological (essentialistic) thought …

In the wake of the Evolutionary Synthesis constituted in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s,
historians and philosophers of biology have devoted considerable attention to the Darwinian …

Recent developments in evolutionary biology rekindled the debate on whether evolutionary
theory needs a rethink. Has the path opened by Darwin been abandoned? Or is a new …

This is a sequel to a recent article arguing that the standard “just-so-story” of the history of
Darwinism through the so-called Modern Synthesis has obfuscated the central persistent …

This chapter explores the history of the “micro-/macroevolution” distinction and its
significance for the history of Darwinism, its “eclipse,” and the “evolutionary synthesis.” By …