Lamarck’s “Pouvoir de la Nature” Demystified: A Thermodynamic Foundation to Lamarck’s Concept of Progressive Evolution
Lamarck’s “Pouvoir de la Nature” Demystified: A Thermodynamic Foundation to Lamarck’s Concept of Progressive Evolution
This chapter discusses the concept of progressive evolution. It emphasizes the materialistic elements of Lamarckian progressivism and their possible incarnation in modern biology. The chapter also examines thermodynamic evolution and how it situates zoological evolution within a new and comprehensive framework.
Keywords: progressive evolution, Lamarckian progressivism, modern biology, thermodynamic evolution, zoological evolution
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