The Structure of Evolutionary Theory

The Essence of Darwinism and the Basis of Modern Orthodoxy 165 rooted his theory in practical testability, and he continually de ...

166 THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY has become taboo in our profession. I will then use this characterization as a foundati ...

The Essence of Darwinism and the Basis of Modern Orthodoxy 167 We should use this perspective of engagement with the core commit ...

168 THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY Proceeding in reverse order through critiques of Darwinism's three core claims, catastr ...

The Essence of Darwinism and the Basis of Modern Orthodoxy 169 his central propositions, but by engaging these focal precepts as ...

CHAPTER THREE Seeds of Hierarchy Two-Factor Theories • Lamarck and the Birth of Modern Evolutionism in Two-Factor Theories THE M ...

Seeds of Hierarchy 171 our view. Cuvier did far more damage. I don't know what lip service Cuvier gave to the ancient maxim de m ...

172 THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY series of experiments, M. de Lamarck, without attempting experiment, and destitute of t ...

Seeds of Hierarchy 173 of parts, which are [also] shaped by environmental conditions (1815, in Corsi, 1988, p. 190). Since watch ...

174 THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY things that anyone can verify through observation" (in Corsi, 1988, p. 59). The old sto ...

Seeds of Hierarchy 175 Lamarck's active centrality provides a foundation to my historical argument because his theory, as presen ...

176 THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY and provides a hierarchical context for this first comprehensive attempt to formulate a ...

Seeds of Hierarchy 177 long as organisms maintain their steady state of abundance, these raw materials will be taken up again an ...

178 THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY and truly a discredit to the memory of a man and his much more comprehensive system. In ...

Seeds of Hierarchy 179 used the word besoins) left Lamarck open to charges of mystical vitalism when distorted for rhetorical pu ...

180 THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY (This issue arose for many environmental determinists in both creationist and evolution ...

Seeds of Hierarchy 181 of physical fluids would build the increasing complexity of anatomy. He held that the products of spontan ...

182 THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY Lamarck's argument shows more "leakage" than his words would suggest. Consider the foll ...

Seeds of Hierarchy 183 fluids produce further advances in complexity unless changed environments elicit altered habits, thus mod ...

184 THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY ferent environments—a pond and the body of a complex creature—encourage disparate incep ...