Charles Darwin And Herbert Spencer
Charles Darwin, a British naturalist, revolutionized biology with his
theory of evolution through the process of natural selection. Herbert Spencer
was the major philosopher of biological and social evolution. Spencer's work
significantly influenced 19th century developments in biology, psychology,
sociology and anthropology. While Darwin was influential in the fields of
natural history and geology, his theory of evolution created great controversy.
He changed the way people thought about the role of humans in the natural world.
Although these two men made advancement in the theory of evolution they had
contrasting views regarding anthropological study.
Charles Darwin was an English ...
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Henslow who recommended him for the unpaid position of naturalist on the H.M.S.
Beagle.
Darwin set sail on December 27, 1831 to study the Pacific coast of South
America and the Pacific Islands. His other duty was to set up navigation
stations in the area. He also studied the geology and biology of these areas.
Upon his return in 1839, Darwin married his cousin, Emma Wedgewood, and was
admitted to the Royal Society. He moved to Downe, Kent in 1842, and was plagued
by ill health until his death. He apparently transmitted Trypanosomiastis from
frequent bug bites in the Pacific. Darwin died on April 19, 1882 and was buried
in Westminster Abbey.
In The Origin of Species, Darwin presented his idea that species evolve
from more primitive species through the process of natural selection, which
occurs spontaneously in nature. In his theory of how natural selection occurs,
known as Darwinism, he pointed out that not all individuals of a species are
exactly the same. But, rather ...
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and his higher education was a result of reading, especially
about the natural sciences. In 1848, he became subeditor of the Economist. In
1851, he published Social Statistics, in which he argues in favor of an extreme
form of economic and social laissez faire and proceeded to call progress a
necessity. In 1860 Spencer went to work on The Synthetic Philosophy, a
combination work including psychology, biology, sociology, and morality.
Spencer began writing a series of works called Descriptive Sociology in 1873
about the social institutions of various societies.
However, he died before he could see this work published (it was later
published posthumously).
One of the results of ...
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