Darwin, Herschel, and the role of analogy in Darwin?s origin Export

@article{citeulike:6016913, abstract = {In what follows, I consider the role of analogy in the first edition of Darwin's Origin . I argue that Darwin follows Herschel's methodology and hence exploits an analogy between artificial and natural selection that allows him generalize selection as a cause of evolutionary change. This argument strategy is not equivalent to an argument from analogy. Reading Darwin's argument as conforming to Herschel's two-step methodology of causal analysis followed by generalization allows us to understand the role and placement of Darwin's discussion of artificial selection in the Origin , without making the mistake of portraying Darwin's argument for the existence and character of natural selection as an analogical argument.}, author = {Gildenhuys, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {6016913}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2004.09.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1369-8486(04)00066-4}, doi = {10.1016/j.shpsc.2004.09.002}, issn = {13698486}, journal = {Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences}, keywords = {biology, evolution, history}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {593--611}, posted-at = {2009-10-27 22:08:58}, priority = {0}, title = {Darwin, Herschel, and the role of analogy in Darwin?s origin}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2004.09.002}, volume = {35}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6016913 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6016913 N2 - In what follows, I consider the role of analogy in the first edition of Darwin’s Origin . I argue that Darwin follows Herschel’s methodology and hence exploits an analogy between artificial and natural selection that allows him generalize selection as a cause of evolutionary change. This argument strategy is not equivalent to an argument from analogy. Reading Darwin’s argument as conforming to Herschel’s two-step methodology of causal analysis followed by generalization allows us to understand the role and placement of Darwin’s discussion of artificial selection in the Origin , without making the mistake of portraying Darwin’s argument for the existence and character of natural selection as an analogical argument. IS - 4 JF - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences SN - 13698486 EP - 611 TI - Darwin, Herschel, and the role of analogy in Darwin?s origin VL - 35 SP - 593 KW - biology KW - evolution KW - history AU - Gildenhuys, P PY - 2004/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2004.09.002 ER -