Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Darwinian Evolution in a Nutshell

Just a little review before plunging ahead.

The three great principles:

1. Mutability of species.

2. Descent with modification from common ancestor(s).

3. Natural selection as the agent by which variation is conserved and compiled/aggregated.

The three great underlying assumptions:

1. Materialistic naturalism.

2. Uniformitarianism/gradualism.

3. Reductionism.

The great slippery word: Evolution.

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