Love, death, and continuity in Darwin's thinking

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ID5115321
AuthorsRobert T Keegan (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Howard E Gruber (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)
Year1983
Volume19
Issue1
Pages15-30
Publication date1983-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/1520-6696(198301)19:1<15::aid-jhbs2300190104>3.0.co;2-q
PMID11611164
OpenAlexW2028449509
LanguageEN
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The interplay among Darwin's organizations of purpose, affect, and knowledge is examined, with particular focus on the development of his ideas about psychology. This enterprise was subordinate to his major enterprise, developing a clear and convincing theory of evolution. There is, nevertheless, a remarkably rich record available for reconstructing Darwin's thinking in this domain. The historical context in which his ideas were constructed reveals the complex process of exchange that occurs between the individual and his or her intellectual milieu. Two examples of Darwin's borrowing of ideas—from Lamarck and from Malthus are addressed. What emerges is that “influence” is not a passive copying. For an idea to be assimilated to a new intellectual organization it must be uprooted and transplanted, abstracted and transformed, and carefully worked into the structure of the new argument.

Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis) · Biology · Context (archaeology) · Copying · Darwin (ADL) · Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Political science · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Computer Science · Evolution and Science Education · History · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science

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