Children of time: the extended synthesis and major metaphors of evolution
Zoologia (Curitiba, Impr.)
; 29(6)2012.
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It is time for an expansion and enrichment of evolutionary theory. The "back to the future" proposal contained herein is based on three postulates 1) Neo-Darwinism is too impoverished for this task; 2) its predecessor, Darwinism, contained the necessary breadth of vision and metaphor to be the basis for an inclusive and unifying theory of biology; and 3) the necessary framework for this new stage in the evolution of evolutionary theory is largely in place. We make our case through the use of a number of metaphorical dualisms designed to help focus discussions toward a more cooperative and productive approach to the study of living systems. Along the way, we suggest a number of self-induced paradoxes in neo-Darwinian accounts of evolution that are resolved by our perspective.
Cohesion; Compensatory changes; Complexity; Cooperation; Darwinism; Division of labor; Ecological hierarchy; Evolutionary transitions; Extended synthesis; Function; Genealogical hierarchy; History; Information; Metabolism; Metaphors; Nature of the conditions; Nature of the organism; Self-organization; Simultaneity; Space; Thermodynamics; Time, sequency
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Zoologia (Curitiba, Impr.)
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2012
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