Tag: HMS Beagle
Darwin, Lyell, and a Tale of Two Faiths
Darwin found himself in the unhappy position of having his faith undermined by what he saw as the non-directed processes of geological and biological evolution.
Darwinian Theory: Science or Speculative Philosophy?
Bottom line: Darwin did not have a single scrap of empirical fieldwork to document his conjectures.
Darwin’s John the Baptist
Catastrophism viewed the planet as having been molded by forces far more powerful than any observable at the present day.
The Evolution of Natural Selection
Remarkably, Darwin’s evolutionary ideas did not derive from his empirical observations in the South Seas or anywhere else.
Finch Varieties in New Guinea Undercut Iconic Galápagos Finch Story
Finches on another island “would leave even Charles Darwin scratching his head.” But do they “help solve an evolutionary puzzle”?