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Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 1997

Pages: 13-48

Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science

ISBN (Hardback): 9780792347637

Full citation:

David Kohn, "The aesthetic construction of Darwin's theory", in: The elusive synthesis, Berlin, Springer, 1997

The aesthetic construction of Darwin's theory

David Kohn

pp. 13-48

in: Alfred Tauber (ed), The elusive synthesis, Berlin, Springer, 1997

Abstract

The nature and operation of natural selection are conveyed in the Origin of Species by two famous metaphors, whose history in Charles Darwin's consciousness form the substance of this paper.1

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Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 1997

Pages: 13-48

Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science

ISBN (Hardback): 9780792347637

Full citation:

David Kohn, "The aesthetic construction of Darwin's theory", in: The elusive synthesis, Berlin, Springer, 1997