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Croizat’s dangerous ideas: practices, prejudices, and politics in contemporary biogeography
The biogeographic contributions of Léon Croizat (1894–1982) and the conflictive relationships with his intellectual descendants and critics are...
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Systems of Knowledge
This chapter considers Idealism’s encyclopedic knowledge-systems as a “general economy” that deconstructs any panlogical unification of philosophy,...
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A Crack in the Track of the Hubble Constant
Measuring the rate at which the universe expands at a given time–the ‘Hubble constant’– has been a topic of controversy since the first measure of...
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From the Method of Division to the Theory of Transformations: Thompson After Aristotle, and Aristotle After Thompson
Aristotle’s influence on D’Arcy Thompson was praised by Thompson himself and has been recognized by others in various respects, including the...
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Coordinating dissent as an alternative to consensus classification: insights from systematics for bio-ontologies
The collection and classification of data into meaningful categories is a key step in the process of knowledge making. In the life sciences, the...
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Skepticism, the critical standpoint, and the origin of birds: a partial critique of Havstad and Smith (2019)
Havstad and Smith (2019) argue that Lakatos’ “methodology of scientific research programs” (MSRP) is a promising philosophical framework for...
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Crop** synonymy: varietal standardization in the United States, 1900–1970
This article examines crop varietal standardization in the United States. Numerous committees formed in the early twentieth century to address the...
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The discovery of archaea: from observed anomaly to consequential restructuring of the phylogenetic tree
Observational and experimental discoveries of new factual entities such as objects, systems, or processes, are major contributors to some advances in...
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Jean Gayon and the French School of Population Genetics
The history of evolutionary theory in France after 1859 and of genetics after 1900 is unique to this country, and most of it remained poorly...
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Brief Presentation of the Contributions
Science and humanities divide the world, but also unite it. This attitude is the only one that brings progress and has the goal of creating an...
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The Modern Evolutionary Synthesis in America and France: The Contribution of Jean Gayon
Jean Gayon’s encounters with American evolutionary biologists and philosophers of biology affected his project of justifying the Darwinian research...
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“Why Doesn’t Your Mosque Have a Cross?” The New Synagogue Dresden as an Out-of-School Place of Learning
The question was asked by a girl of about 12 standing in front of the synagogue. It shows many of the aspects that play a role in the encounter with...
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A Critical Analysis of the Reception of Darwinism in Latin America in the Nineteenth Century
Since the 1970s, there has been an interest in the “introduction” and “reception” of scientific ideas comparatively. Thomas Glick’s work has been the...
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Liberal Ethos of Humanity, Science and Education
The term “moralist” is used in a broad sense in cultural and intellectual history; it is by no means limited to philosophy. In the history of...
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Post-Darwinian fish classifications: theories and methodologies of Günther, Cope, and Gill
We analyze the relationship between evolutionary theory and classification of higher taxa in the work of three ichthyologists: Albert C.L.G. Günther...
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Doing Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology with Jean Gayon
Throughout my university career, and since I began my Ph.D., Jean Gayon was there. Unlike many contributors to this volume, to the early or...
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Introduction: The Problem of Humanity in Phenomenology
This little piece of meta-philosophical reflection presents us with a specific image of philosophy. It is an image evoking a long tradition and a...
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Vratislav Effenberger’s conception of the role of imagination in ideological thought
This paper explores the core characteristics of Vratislav Effenberger’s theoretical system, highlighting his perspective on the significance of...
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Edgar Zilsel: The Excellent Qualifications of an Awkward Man
Edgar Zilsel lived from April 1939 until March 1944 in the United States. During these five years he wrote and published articles which secured him a...
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Understanding Religious Radicalization: The Enigma of Beneficial Violence
The relationship between religion and radicalization cannot be determined either by defining religion or by determining its nature. Nevertheless, Max...