Tag: Erasmus Darwin
Three Thousand Years of Darwinism
I began to suspect that Darwinism was being taught at school in a somewhat philosophically decontextualized way, lacking historical background.
The Fate of Evolution Without Natural Selection
It does not seem reasonable to accept the veridical status of evolution on the basis of what an increasing number of scientists perceive as a “dodgy dossier.”
With “Fluctuating” Convictions, Darwin Faced a Threefold Challenge
In what follows I pose the question of how Darwin fell subject to such wide “fluctuations” in his beliefs and how he came to resolve those tensions.
Darwin’s Science and Storytelling
His five-year voyage was undoubtedly an eye-opening rite of passage but perhaps not as foundational to his intellectual development as is sometimes proposed.
Poet and Scientist, Goethe Offered an Enlightenment Theodicy
Like Erasmus Darwin, Goethe was both poet and scientist and had himself at one time speculated on ideas of evolution.