The doctrine of descent and Darwinism

By

Schmidt, Oscar, 1823-1886

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1896

Notes

Contents: Introduction ; Summary of the results of linguistic inquiry ; Positive knowledge preliminary to the doctrine of descent ; Belief in miracle ; The limits of the investigation of nature -- The animal world in its present state -- The phenomena of reproduction in the animal world -- The animal world in its historical and palæontological development -- The standpoint of the miraculous and the investigation of nature ; Creation or natural development ; Linnæus ; Cuvier ; Agassiz ; Examination of the idea of species -- Natural philosophy ; Goethe ; Predestined transformation according to Richard Owen ; Lamarck -- Lyell and modern geology ; Darwin's theory of selection ; Beginning of life -- Heredity ; Reversion ; Variability ; Adaptation ; Results of use and disuse of organs ; Differentiation leading to perfection -- The development of the individual (ontogenesis) is a repetition of the historical development of the family (phylogenesis) -- The geographical distribution of animals in the light of the doctrine of derivation -- The pedigree of vertebrate animals -- Man.

Subjects

Biological Evolution , Evolution

Call Number

QH367 .S35 1896

Classification

575.8

Language

English

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/32024440
NLM: QH 367 S353d 1896
OCLC: 874331752