Portmann’s biology was more successful among philosophers and anthropologists than among biologists, who pointed out certain criti- cisms. These criticisms, however, must be placed within the interpretative framework of the science of the time, which was characterised more by neo- Darwinism and the ‘epistemological hardening’ of the Modern Synthesis than by Darwinist evolutionism. The current openness of biology to the historical dimension of evolution allows for a more objective and positive reinterpreta- tion of Portmann’s thought and his “introduction of the subject into biology”.
Adolf Portmann e il ruolo della storia nella biologia
Oreste Tolone
2025-01-01
Abstract
Portmann’s biology was more successful among philosophers and anthropologists than among biologists, who pointed out certain criti- cisms. These criticisms, however, must be placed within the interpretative framework of the science of the time, which was characterised more by neo- Darwinism and the ‘epistemological hardening’ of the Modern Synthesis than by Darwinist evolutionism. The current openness of biology to the historical dimension of evolution allows for a more objective and positive reinterpreta- tion of Portmann’s thought and his “introduction of the subject into biology”.File in questo prodotto:
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