BIOL 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Great Chain Of Being, Philosophie Zoologique, Georges Cuvier
18 Jan 2016
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Chapter 22 - descent with modification: a darwinian view of life. Many ancient greek philosophers had accepted gradual evolution. Plato & aristotle, who had the greates infulence on western culture did not accept evolution. Plato: eternal ideal versus imperfect real world (idealism) Aristotle: scala naturae or great scale of being . Lowest level will be inanimate matter lower plants higher plants invertibrates egg-bearing vertebrates live-bearing vertebrates humans. Judeo-christian literalism has this idea imbedded, and above the humans are other beings (such as, angels, god) Together proposed that various geological phenomena explained via slow repetitive cycles over time. First to propose mechanism for how life evolved. Published philosophie zoologique : 2 basic principles to explain evolution. Proposed that organisms have innate tendency towards increasing complexity (perfection) Darwin was influenced by lyell, henslow, malthus and others. 5 year circumnavigation of the world (on hms beagle)
