¿Darwin: observador, hereje o revolucionario?
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2009
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Abstract
This essay is an approach to the revolutionary life
This essay is an approach to the revolutionary life
and innovative ideas of Charles Darwin. The purpose
is to celebrate 200 years of his birth and 150 of the
publication of his "Origin of Species". We focus on
the Darwin's revolution from its conceptual, philosophical,
scientific and cultural points of view. In the
genesis of this revolution, we remark the value of
scientific observation, which always carries a theoretical
load, and so the almost 30 years invested by
Darwin in his deep study of field notes, the reflection
on his data, their comparison with those from other
authors and the wide network of strategic alliances
established. All of these qualities are more valuable
than the best equipments or the most sophisticated
laboratories used in research aiming to answer the
essential questions of science, as "the mystery of
mysteries". Finally, we mention the impacts on the
current society and on research in several fields,
emphasizing the good uses and abuses of the
evolutional theory. We take as examples the
evolutional medicine and the evolutional psychology.
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Observación científica, Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Charles Darwin, Ciencia, Darwinismo, Revolución cinetifica, Método científico