{"product_id":"beyond-lamarckism-laurent-loison-9781032719689","title":"Beyond Lamarckism: Plasticity in Darwinian Evolution, 1890-1970","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the past 20 years, the role of phenotypic plasticity in Darwinian evolution has become a hotly debated topic among biologists and philosophers of science. For instance, in the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, a new form of evolutionary theory that aims to include processes not taken into account by standard theory (the Modern Synthesis), the question of the remarkable plasticity of living beings is central.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond Lamarckism: Plasticity in Darwinian Evolution, 1890-1970 shows that the evolutionary impact of plasticity was in fact debated long before the emergence of the current debate on the limits of the Modern Synthesis. The question of how the plasticity of organisms could play a causal role in Darwinian evolution was raised on two separate occasions: first, around 1900, with the emergence of the theory of \"organic selection\" and, second, during the formation of the Modern Synthesis itself, in the mid-20th century. Out of these reflections came a very large number of concepts, models, and many different terms (\"organic selection\", \"stabilizing selection\", \"genetic assimilation\", \"Baldwin effect\", etc.), which were often developed independently in various research traditions and empirical contexts. This book also looks at the reasons why these conceptions have been downplayed in the standard understanding of adaptive evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowing the extraordinary complexity of this history, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Lamarckism \u003c\/i\u003eis aimed at readers interested in evolutionary theory, whether philosophers, biologists, or historians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurent Loison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032719680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032719689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Laurent Loison","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46140923117823,"sku":"9781032719689","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2eda627-3811-4102-aa62-03469b759732.jpg?v=1726597419","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-lamarckism-laurent-loison-9781032719689","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}