Tag: Peter Bowler
Darwin and Race: Three Strikes, He’s Out
February is Black History Month, and this week, Friday, February 12, is Darwin Day — the birthday of Charles Darwin.
Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand
“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.”
Dembski: “Recent Studies Have Vindicated Wallace” Over Darwin
“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.”
The Triumphalism of Strickberger’s Evolution
The oversimplification here is staggering (Darwin and women’s rights?!) and would take an entire book to unpack.
The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis: A Fable Told by Ernst Mayr
Mayr worked tirelessly to establish a synthesis bearing the unmistakable stamp of positivism.