An Analysis of Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection from Leibniz’s Perspective

Charles Darwin published seven editions of The Origin of Species during his lifetime.  Starting from the premise that said book is philosophical, Chapter IV of the work was analyzed here to find the elements underlying the explanation of natural selection throughout the seven editions. Usin...

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Autor: Granados Zúñiga, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/64170
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filosofia/article/view/64170
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Leibniz
Darwin
Philosophical quality
Biological evolution
Natural selection
Selección natural
Calidad filosófica
Evolución biológica
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Sumario:Charles Darwin published seven editions of The Origin of Species during his lifetime.  Starting from the premise that said book is philosophical, Chapter IV of the work was analyzed here to find the elements underlying the explanation of natural selection throughout the seven editions. Using the criteria established by Leibniz in his Dissertation on the Philosophical Style of Nizolio, it was determined that the philosophical quality in the first edition is intermediate and increased in the following editions, mainly in the third compared to the second.