Huxley's defence of Darwin |
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Authors: | Michael Bartholomew |
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Institution: | Sub-Department of the History of Medicine , University College London , Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, England |
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Abstract: | This article ventures a reappraisal of Huxley's role in the Darwinian debates. First, the views on life-history held by Huxley before 1859 are identified. Next, the disharmony between these views and the view put forward by Darwin in the Origin of species (1859) is discussed. Huxley's defence of the Origin is then reviewed in an effort to show that, despite his fervour on Darwin's behalf, his advocacy of the case for natural selection was not particularly compelling, and that his own scientific work took no revolutionary new direction after 1859. |
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