The Metaphor of the Architect in Darwin: Chance and Free Will

In The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, published in 1868, Darwin used the metaphor of the architect to argue in favor of natural autonomy and to clarify the role of chance in his theory of adaptive change by variation and natural selection. In this article, I trace the history o...

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Main Author: Noguera-Solano, Ricardo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2013
In: Zygon
Year: 2013, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 859-874
Further subjects:B Free Will
B metaphor of the architect
B accidental variation
B Natural Selection
B Charles Darwin
B Chance
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