Code
01J08913
Looptijd
01-03-2013 → 31-12-2017
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Onderzoeksdisciplines
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Natural sciences
- Evolutionary biology
- General biology
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Humanities and the arts
- Philosophy
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Social sciences
- General pedagogical and educational sciences
- Communication sciences
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Medical and health sciences
- Social medical sciences
Trefwoorden
de Weismann barrière
natuurlijke selectie
Lamarckistische instructie
evolutionaire systeembiologie
Wijsbegeerte en filosofie
Projectomschrijving
We will investigate the theoretical and empirical conditions for evolution by Darwinian natural selection versus Lamarckian instruction. The latter, 'pre-Darwinian' hypothesis on biological evolution is currently taken back into consideration in contemporary evolutionary systems biology. We will analyse its conceptual and empirical relationship to natural selection as well as the crucial heuristic role the Weismann barrier plays in this.