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1School of Engineering, Australian National University, 47/22 Moore St, Turner ACT 2612, Australia.
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概括
流行科学书籍将查尔斯·达尔文描绘成一个神话中的英雄,刺的是,他用远程学叙事来解释自然选择. 这种"伟人"的科学历史方法忽略了达尔文的背景和科学的实际进展.
科学领域:
- 科学的历史科学的历史.
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
背景情况:
- 理查德·道金斯 (Richard Dawkins) 和杰里·科恩 (Jerry Coyne) 的通俗科学作品将查尔斯·达尔文 (Charles Darwin) 呈现为一个独特的,非历史性的"伟人".
- 这种描绘依赖于"科学想象的过去",这是关于科学进步的叙事集.
- 观众被认为拥有关于达尔文的先前文化知识,加强了他的神话地位.
研究的目的:
- 为了分析查尔斯·达尔文在通俗科学文本中的描绘.
- 在解释自然选择时,识别出电解学"伟人"历史的刺性使用.
- 批评流行科学叙事中对"科学想象的过去"的依赖.
主要方法:
- 常用科学书籍的内容分析,特别是理查德·道金斯和杰里·科恩的科学书籍.
- 检查达尔文是如何呈现的,以及提供 (或省略) 的历史背景.
- 将达尔文的叙述与科学历史叙述进行比较.
主要成果:
- 达尔文被描绘成一个神话英雄,而不是一个历史背景中的人物.
- 对达尔文主义的倡导矛盾的是,它采用了"伟人"代理的科学前,神话学的概念.
- 作者的解释策略反映了生物特征分析,将文本视为他们"想象中的过去"的产物.
结论:
- 俗话科学对达尔文的"伟人"方法创造了一种具有刺意味的神解学,这与自然选择的原则相矛盾.
- 延续"科学想象的过去"扭曲了对科学进步的理解.
- 对这些文本的批判性分析需要考虑它们的历史和文化背景,类似于生物解释.
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