Author: Daniel Witt
Peter Corning and the Taint of Vitalism
As the insightful work of Corning and others has shown, the vitalist/mechanist debate in biology is nowhere near over. If anything, it’s just getting started.
Nature in the Image of Man: Introducing the New Social Darwinism
Always, the initial social/intellectual change has come first, and the scientific paradigm shift has followed after.
Evolution Evolved to Mirror the Zeitgeist
By the mid 1800s, the mental climate had shifted, and the time was ripe for a new Darwin to craft a new Darwinism.
Before Darwin — How Evolution Evolved
The soil was prepared — soon, seeds were sprouting. In roughly the third quarter of the 18th century, evolutionary theories of biology proliferated.
Settled Science Is Becoming Radically Unsettled: Get Ready for Revolutions
It might be early to say whether Richard Sternberg’s calculations are correct — but the point is, this kind of calculation is only just becoming possible.