非达尔文革命"与"进步"的观念

Non-Darwinian Revolution" and the Idea of "Progress

通过"非达尔文革命"的概念,鲍勒对"达尔文革命"的正统形象提出了质疑。鲍勒认为:达尔文主义不是19世纪进化论的主题,现代"综合理论"的产生相对独立于达尔文所提出的自然选择学说。因此进化论的历史不等于达尔文主义的历史。鲍勒对进化论历史的重建表明,以"发育"模型为基础的进化论在19世纪占据统治地位,"进步"的观念是这种"非达尔文"进化论发展的线索,《物种起源》的出版并没有阻断这个发展过程。由此鲍勒重现了"进步"的观念在19世纪的连续性。对"进步"观念和进化思想之间关系的考察,不仅对于重建进化论发展的历史来说是不可或缺的,而且也是理解我们这个现代世界的必由之路。

Through the concept of 'NonDarwinian Revolution',Peter JBowler questions the orthodox image of 'Darwinian Revolution'Bowler suggests that Darwin's theory should be seen as the central theme in nineteenth-century evolutionism,and that the emergence of the modern synthetic theory could be seen relatively independent of the doctrine of 'natural selection'Darwin proposedThe reconstruction of the history of evolutionism by Bowler shows that evolutionism based on the model of 'development' dominated in the nineteenth-century,and the evolutionism in question was grounded in the idea of 'progress'Thus Bowler displays the continuity of the idea of 'progress' in historyNot only is investigation into the relation between the idea of 'progress' and the thought of evolution indispensable for the reconstruction of the history of evolutionism,but it is also a key to understanding our modern world