Journal Title
Title of Journal: Acta Biotheor
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Abbravation: Acta Biotheoretica
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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Authors: Raphael Scholl
Publish Date: 2012/04/07
Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 323-328
Abstract
Did Darwin write the Origin backwards This is the title and initial question of a new book by Elliott Sober who joins topics from current philosophy of biology with the historical analysis of Charles Darwin’s writings Since good history and good philosophy of science often walk hand in hand Sober’s approach is highly welcomeThe first chapter is based on a recent Darwinyear paper Sober 2009 Sober considers the question of why Darwin in the Origin of Species 1859 presented natural selection first and common descent second The choice is not at all obvious Darwin intended to convince readers first and foremost of the factuality of evolution that is of descent with modification As Sober points out this is logically independent of the mechanism of modification A population may be subject to natural selection without branching and branching may occur in
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