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- Title
DARWIN, DARWINISM, AND PSYCHOLOGY.
- Authors
Malone, John C.; Staddon, J. E. R.
- Abstract
Charles Darwin's contributions were celebrated worldwide during 2009, the bicentennial anniversary of his birth. A household word, "Darwinism," has become synonymous with the doctrine of evolution, which has exerted immense influence in the biological sciences, philosophy, political science, psychology, and the other social sciences. But the concept of evolution existed long before Darwin published in 1859. Furthermore, Darwinism was developed and promoted by others, while Darwin himself remained in the background, doing almost no public promoting and holding some views, including those concerning selective breeding and the interpretation of Lamarck's work, that he should have known were mistaken. While he had the leisure to spend a life observing nature, countless others born without the luxury of an inheritance, like Wallace, Huxley, Lloyd-Morgan, and Romanes played a far greater role in developing and establishing evolutionary thought. Darwin collected the facts that brought victory for the doctrine of evolution, but its development owed more to others, and even during his lifetime had far surpassed his specific contributions. We trace the history of evolutionary thought and consider questions concerning Darwin's delay in publishing, the cause of his illness, the Huxley/Wilberforce "Debate," and "Organic Selection," with extra attention paid to the political work of Malthus, the experimental work of Spalding, and the philosophical works of Huxley and Romanes.
- Subjects
DARWIN, Charles, 1809-1882; BIOLOGICAL evolution; PSYCHOLOGY; POLITICAL science; LIFE sciences; POLITICAL psychology
- Publication
Behavior & Philosophy, 2021, Vol 49, p24
- ISSN
1053-8348
- Publication type
Article