Name
Title | ||
|---|---|---|
The synthetic theory of evolution: general problems and the German contribution to the synthesis |
Abstract | ||
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Summary A metatheoretical and historiographical re-analysis of the Evolutionary Synthesis (the process) and the Synthetic Theory (the result) leads to the following conclusion: The Synthetic Theory is not a reductionistic, but rather a structuralistic theory with a limited range of relevant hierarchical levels. Historically the Synthesis was not a sudden event but a rational long-term project carried out between 1930 and 1950 by a large number of biologists in several countries. In the second part of our paper the contributions of several German biologists to the Synthesis are analyzed. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2000 | 10.1078/1431-7613-00004 | Theory in Biosciences |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
history of biology,philosophy of science,macroevolution,natural selection,scientific revolution | Modern evolutionary synthesis,Biology,Natural selection,Philosophy of science,Reductionism,Zoology,Macroevolution,Epistemology,History of biology,Historiography,German | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
119 | 1 | Theory in Biosciences |
Citations | PageRank | References |
18 | 5.39 | 0 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf-Ernst Reif | 1 | 36 | 10.78 |
| Wolf-Ernst Reif | 2 | 36 | 10.78 |
| Thomas Junker | 3 | 18 | 5.39 |
| Uwe Hoßfeld | 4 | 54 | 17.47 |