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The
seminar is held in hybrid
format, in person (Múzeum
krt. 4/i Room 224) and
online.
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September (Friday) 4:15 PM
Room 224 + ONLINE |
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Liz
Pásztor
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Biological Institute, Faculty
of Natural Science, Eötvös
University
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Explanatory
structures of evolutionary
theories
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Although today's
evolutionary biologists refer to
Darwin as the father of their
science, the explanatory structure
of evolutionary theory has
undergone radical changes over the
past century. Drawing on the work
of historians and my analysis of
the internal logic of Darwin’s
argument, I show that he
considered diversification to be
an essential feature of life
because of his population
dynamical principles. His logic
and the contemporary evolutionary
theories that challenge the
“Modern Synthesis” developed in
the middle of the last century
have in common the idea that
environmental feedbacks should be
indispensable parts of any
comprehensive theory of evolution.
In the spirit of such an
interpretation of Darwin's theory,
I reconstruct a set of
observational assumptions and a
set of universal hypotheses based
on their consequences, which can
serve as approximations of natural
laws.
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Related paper: https://ecoevorxiv.org/uh3jq
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