Exquisite Complexity: Revisiting Stephen Jay Gould.

This article profiles the scientist Stephen Jay Gould. The author highlights Gould's views concerning evolution and the complexity of organisms, stating that more complex organisms are not usually the ones that adapt and endure through cataclysmic changes. The author also discusses Gould's relations...

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Publicado en:	Humanist Vol. 67; no. 6; pp. 10 - 13
Autor principal:	Krause, Kenneth W.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Humanist Association Nov/Dec2007
Materias:	Gould, Stephen Jay, 1941-2002 Biological evolution education Study & teaching of natural selection Biocomplexity Dawkins, Richard, 1941- Dennett, Daniel Clement, 1942-
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Sumario:	This article profiles the scientist Stephen Jay Gould. The author highlights Gould's views concerning evolution and the complexity of organisms, stating that more complex organisms are not usually the ones that adapt and endure through cataclysmic changes. The author also discusses Gould's relationship with zoologist Richard Dawkins and philosopher Daniel Dennett, each of whom he labeled as a "Darwinian fundamentalists" for their narrow views on evolution.