Pattern as observation: Darwin’s ‘great facts’ of geographical distribution

Casey Helgeson

doi:10.1007/s13194-016-0164-y

Pattern as observation: Darwin’s ‘great facts’ of geographical distribution

Casey Helgeson

Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

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Abstract

Among philosophical analyses of Darwin’s Origin, a standard view says the theory presented there had no concrete observational consequences against which it might be checked. I challenge this idea with a new analysis of Darwin’s principal geographical distribution observations and how they connect to his common ancestry hypothesis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	337-351
Number of pages	15
Journal	European Journal for Philosophy of Science
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-016-0164-y
Publication status	Published - May 1 2017

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Helgeson, C. (2017). Pattern as observation: Darwin’s ‘great facts’ of geographical distribution. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 7(2), 337-351. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-016-0164-y

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