On Darwin's science and its contexts

The notions of ‘the Darwinian revolution’ and of ‘the scientific Revolution’ are no longer unproblematic; so this paper does not construe its task as relating these two items to each other. There can be big-picture and long-run history even when that task is declined. Such history has to be done plu...

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Published in:Endeavour (New series) 2014-09, Vol.38 (3-4), p.169-178
Main Author: Hodge, M.J.S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Darwin
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Science - history
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Summary:The notions of ‘the Darwinian revolution’ and of ‘the scientific Revolution’ are no longer unproblematic; so this paper does not construe its task as relating these two items to each other. There can be big-picture and long-run history even when that task is declined. Such history has to be done pluralistically. Relating Darwin's science to Newton's science is one kind of historiographical challenge; relating Darwin's science to seventeenth-century finance capitalism is another kind. Relating Darwin's science to long-run traditions and transitions is a different kind of task from relating his science to the immediate short-run contexts.
ISSN:0160-9327
1873-1929
DOI:10.1016/j.endeavour.2014.10.003