BIOL 3200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Oxbridge, Calcar Avis, Transcendentalism
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Owen was originally described as the british cuvier, but by mid 1800s, his views were completely different from cuvier. Cuvier thought all structures were designed by god to suit specific function. He was a transcendental anatomist, some of which are evolutionists, and others which are not. Owen developed his own brand of transcendentalism, he was not an evolutionist. O(cid:449)e(cid:374) (cid:449)as i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:271)y idealis(cid:373), a(cid:374)d (cid:449)a(cid:374)ted to fi(cid:374)d the (cid:862)u(cid:374)ity of (cid:374)ature a(cid:374)d ratio(cid:374)ality of (cid:374)ature"s pla(cid:374)(cid:863), si(cid:373)ilar to geoffroy. Owen said there has to be a common structural plan/body plan for all vertebrates. Owen had sided with oxbridge conservatives in 1830s, took functionalist teleological approach like cuvier. 1848 he (cid:449)a(cid:374)ted to for(cid:373) a re(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)iliatio(cid:374) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) cu(cid:448)ier"s fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)alis(cid:373) a(cid:374)d. Was wrongly cast by darwin as in antievolutionist, but in reality he was somewhere on the fence between natural theology and materialistic evolution. Each species may have naturally evolved, but it was due to predetermined laws of the creator.
