INTEGBI 35AC Lecture Notes - Uniformitarianism, Emma Darwin, Phylogenetics
23 Oct 2013
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Wallace = same idea as darwin, but stolen! Everything we are able to do today is because of our biology. William paley: natural theology aka pre-biology, the watchmaker analogy design implies a designer. Find a watch, didn"t just appear by chance. Has to have had a creator: linneaous classified, static, paley has to have god as a designer because it"s such a good design. Scientific proposition can be tested by observation: aka can"t prove that god exists. Inheritance of acquired characteristics (use and disuse of body parts: you acquire it, then you pass it on to your offspring, hereditary plasticity: things get better/progressive evolution. Teleology circular logic: ex: i like yellow. Etc. : can"t find out that giraffe has an inner drive to stretch out necks. Charles darwin (1809-1882: rich & lots of siblings, father = doctor, charles = doctor first, then theology, married emma wedgwood darwin (also rich)
