Tamborini, Marco (2020)
Challenging the Adaptationist Paradigm: Morphogenesis, Constraints, and Constructions.
In: Journal of the History of Biology, 53 (2)
doi: 10.1007/s10739-020-09604-7
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In this paper, I argue that the German morphological tradition made a major contribution to twentieth-century study of form. Several scientists paved the way for this research: paleontologist Adolf Seilacher (1925–2014), entomologist Hermann Weber (1899–1956), and biologist Johann-Gerhard Helmcke (1908–1993) together with architect Frei Otto (1925–2015). All of them sought to examine morphogenetic processes to illustrate their inherent structural properties, thus challenging the neo-Darwinian framework of evolutionary theory. I point out that the German theoretical challenge to adaptationist thinking was possible through an exchange and transfer of practices, data, technologies, and knowledge between biologically oriented students of form and architects, designers, and engineers. This exchange of practices and knowledge was facilitated by the establishment of two collaborative research centers at the beginning of the 1970s. Hence, by showing the richness of topics, methods, and technologies discussed in German-speaking morphology between 1950 and the 1970s, this paper paves the way to a much broader comprehension of the shifts that have shaped twentieth-century evolutionary biology.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2020 |
| Autor(en): | Tamborini, Marco |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | Challenging the Adaptationist Paradigm: Morphogenesis, Constraints, and Constructions |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | Juni 2020 |
| Ort: | Dordrecht |
| Verlag: | Springer Science |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Journal of the History of Biology |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 53 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 2 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10739-020-09604-7 |
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| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | In this paper, I argue that the German morphological tradition made a major contribution to twentieth-century study of form. Several scientists paved the way for this research: paleontologist Adolf Seilacher (1925–2014), entomologist Hermann Weber (1899–1956), and biologist Johann-Gerhard Helmcke (1908–1993) together with architect Frei Otto (1925–2015). All of them sought to examine morphogenetic processes to illustrate their inherent structural properties, thus challenging the neo-Darwinian framework of evolutionary theory. I point out that the German theoretical challenge to adaptationist thinking was possible through an exchange and transfer of practices, data, technologies, and knowledge between biologically oriented students of form and architects, designers, and engineers. This exchange of practices and knowledge was facilitated by the establishment of two collaborative research centers at the beginning of the 1970s. Hence, by showing the richness of topics, methods, and technologies discussed in German-speaking morphology between 1950 and the 1970s, this paper paves the way to a much broader comprehension of the shifts that have shaped twentieth-century evolutionary biology. |
| Freie Schlagworte: | Morphology, Morphogenesis, Frei Otto, Adolf Seilacher, Johann–Gerhard helmcke, Organicism, Knowledge transfer, Architecture, Evo-devo, German synthesis, Form, Technology |
| Zusätzliche Informationen: | Special issue: The Twentieth-Century Desire for Morphology |
| Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 100 Philosophie 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Philosophie |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 21 Dez 2024 16:17 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 21 Dez 2024 16:17 |
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