Selección sexual y evolución humana. Una controversia entre Charles Darwin y Alfred Wallace sobre el principio de economía y unidad de la ciencia

• Corral Cuartas, Álvaro ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad del Rosario

     Universidad del Rosario

     Colombia

     
• Localización: Ideas y valores: Revista Colombiana de Filosofía, ISSN-e 0120-0062, Vol. 71, Nº. Extra 8, 2022 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Controversias científicas), págs. 41-65
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.15446/ideasyvalores.v71n8Supl.102056
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Sexual Selection and Human Evolution A Controversy Between Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace About the Parsimony and Science Unity Principle
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  • español

    Charles Darwin (1809-1882) y Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) mantuvieron una doble controversia científica sobre la inclusión de la selección sexual como principio alterno de selección y sobre la aceptación de principios metafísicos para explicar algunas de las complejidades de la cultura presentes en la evolución del ser humano. En primer lugar, enfatizaré la dimensión metodológica de los argumentos para abordar la selección sexual con algunas ramificaciones de la controversia en el siglo XX. En segundo lugar, señalaré la dimensión axiológica constatando el papel que juegan en la discusión de teorías científicas las opiniones, valoraciones y prejuicios de los investigadores.

  • English

    Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) hold a bifacial scientific controversy about the inclusion of sexual selection as an alternative selection principle and about the insertion of metaphysical principles for the explanation of some complexities related to the emergence of culture in human evolution. First, I will analyze the methodological dimension of the arguments to tackle sexual selection with some ramifications of the controversy in the XX century. Second, I will point out the axiological side of the controversy where we can see the role of opinions, axiological claims, and beliefs in the discussion of scientific theories.

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