AW: Der Darwinismus und seine wissenschaftliche Widerlegung
Noch mal ergänzend, weil ich den Post oben nicht mehr editieren kann:
Popper über Darwin und die Evolutionstheorie in "Unended Quest":
Später ist er sogar was den -seiner Meinung nach metaphysischen- Charakter der Theorie anbelangt noch zurückgerudert:
Noch mal ergänzend, weil ich den Post oben nicht mehr editieren kann:
Popper über Darwin und die Evolutionstheorie in "Unended Quest":
And yet, the theory is invaluable. I do not see how, without it, our knowledge could have grown as it has done since Darwin. In trying to explain experiments with bacteria which become adapted to, say, penicillin, it is quite clear that we are greatly helped by the theory of natural selection. Although it is metaphysical, it sheds much light upon very concrete and very practical researches. It allows us to study adaptation to a new environment (such as a penicillin-infested environment) in a rational way: it suggests the existence of a mechanism of adaptation, and it allows us even to study in detail the mechanism at work. And it is the only theory so far which does all that.
Später ist er sogar was den -seiner Meinung nach metaphysischen- Charakter der Theorie anbelangt noch zurückgerudert:
I have changed my mind about the testability and logical status of the theory of natural selection; and I am glad to have an opportunity to make a recantation
aus: "Natural Selection and the Emergence of Mind",
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