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The key role of underlying theories for scientific explanations: A darwinian case study
(Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2020-12-15)
A given explanatory theory T falls into circular reasoning if the only way to determine its explanandum is through the application of T. To find an (often previous) underlying theory T' that determines T's explanandum helps ...
Darwin, and the role of theories in evolutionary thinking
(Sociedad de Biología de Chile, 2010)
Medicina evolucionario: una ciencia básica emergente
(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2005-02)
Evolutionary Medicine is an emergent basic science that offers new and varied perspectives to the comprehension of human health. The application of classic evolutionary theories (descent with modification., and natural ...
Emergence of Darwinian theories on evolution of Homo sapiens (Catarrhini: Hominidae) and their relevance for social sciences
(Sociedad de Biología de Chile, 2010)
The Darwinian revolution
(Sociedad de Biología de Chile, 2010)
Darwin, and the role of theories in evolutionary thinking
(2010)
The section "Special Features" is dedicated to share with its readers thematic works about natural history, ecology and evolution. In this introduction we focus on the role that theories play in the construction of ...
Emergence of Darwinian theories on evolution of homo sapiens (Catarrhini: Hominidae) and their relevance for social sciences
(2010)
Despite the great impact that the Darwinian theories on organic evolution have had in the development and consolidation of biology as an autonomous scientific discipline, their relevance in social sciences, and particularly ...
Fitness surfaces and local thermal adaptation in <i>Drosophila</i> along a latitudinal gradient
(2024)
Local adaptation is commonly cited to explain species distribution, but how fitness varies along continuous geographical gradients is not well understood. Here, we combine thermal biology and life-history theory to demonstrate ...