{"product_id":"darwinisms-struggle-for-survival-heredity-and-the-hypothesis-of-natural-selection-paperback-9780521039673","title":"Darwinism's Struggle for Survival; Heredity and the Hypothesis of Natural Selection (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521039673","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDarwinism's Struggle for Survival\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHeredity and the Hypothesis of Natural Selection\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA rich and wide-ranging philosophical interpretation of the history of theoretical Darwinism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJean Gayon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521039673, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 August 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e536 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.796 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn Darwinism's Struggle for Survival Jean Gayon offers a philosophical interpretation of the history of theoretical Darwinism. He begins by examining the different forms taken by the hypothesis of natural selection in the nineteenth century (Darwin, Wallace, Galton) and the major difficulties which it encountered, particularly with regard to its compatibility with the theory of heredity. He then shows how these difficulties were overcome during the seventy years which followed the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, and he concludes by analysing the major features of the genetic theory of natural selection, as it developed from 1920 to 1960. This rich and wide-ranging study will appeal to philosophers and historians of science and to evolutionary biologists.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Darwinian Hypothesis: 1. Wallace and Darwin: a disagreement and its meaning\u003cbr\u003e 2. The ontology of selection\u003cbr\u003e 3. Jenkin's objections, Darwin's dilemma\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Selection Faced with the Challenge of Heredity: Sixty Years of Principled Crisis: 4. Galton and the concept of heredity\u003cbr\u003e 5. Post-Darwinian views of selection and regression\u003cbr\u003e 6. The strategy of indirect corroboration: the case of mimicry\u003cbr\u003e 7. The search for direct proof: biometry\u003cbr\u003e 8. Establishing the possibility of natural selection: the confrontation of Darwinism and Mendelism\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Genetic Theory of Selection: 9. The place of selection in theoretical population genetics\u003cbr\u003e 10. The empirical and the formal\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006252175640,"sku":"9780521039673","price":30.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521039673i_dcf84bb6-ca71-4b17-adce-ca426ea24529.jpg?v=1694968537","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/darwinisms-struggle-for-survival-heredity-and-the-hypothesis-of-natural-selection-paperback-9780521039673","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}