“A temporary oversimplification”: Mayr, Simpson, Dobzhansky, and the origins of the typology/population dichotomy (part 2 of 2)
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- 作者：Joeri Witteveena ; b ; c ; j.witteveen@uu.nl" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Typology ; Population thinking ; Ernst Mayr ; George Gaylord Simpson ; Theodosius Dobzhansky ; Modern Synthesis
- 刊名：Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：June 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：57
- 期：Complete
- 页码：96-105
- 全文大小：355 K
文摘
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The origins of the typology/population dichotomy are traced.
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This dichotomy did not originate with Ernst Mayr, as is commonly thought.
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Early type/population distinctions due to Simpson and Dobzhansky are explicated.
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It is argued that Mayr confounded these individually meaningful distinctions.
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The resulting account is situated in the broader Modern Synthesis historiography.