The Wider Domain of Evolutionary Thought (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 2)

Only in fairly recent years has History and Philosophy of Science been recognized - though not always under that name - as a distinct field of scholarly endeavour. Previously, in the Australasian region as elsewhere, those few individuals working within this broad area of inquiry found their base, both intellectually and socially, where they could. In fact, the institutionalization of History and Philosophy of Science began compara­ tively early in Australia. An initial lecturing appointment was made at the University of Melbourne immediately after the Second World War, in 1946, and other appointments followed as the subject underwent an expansion during the 1950s and '60s similar to that which took place in other parts of the world. Today there are major Departments at the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the University of Wollongong, and smaller groups active in many other parts of Australia, and in New Zealand. "Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science" aims to provide a distinctive publication outlet for Australian and New Zealand scholars working in the general area of history, philosophy and social studies of science. Each volume will comprise a group of essays on a connected theme, edited by an Australian or a New Zealander with special expertise in that particular area. The series should, however, prove of more than merely local interest. Papers will address general issues; parochial topics will be avoided. Front Matter....Pages i-xx The Influence of Darwinism on English Literature and Literary Ideas....Pages 1-26 Evolution and Educational Theory in the Nineteenth Century....Pages 27-56 Darwin and the Descent of Woman....Pages 57-111 Darwinism and Feminism: The ‘Woman Question’ in the Life and Work of Olive Schreiner and Charlotte Perkins Gilman....Pages 113-131 Darwin and Philosophy Today....Pages 133-158 Darwinism and Language....Pages 159-173 Evolutionism and Arch(a)eology....Pages 175-219 Heinrich Schenker’s Epistemology and Philosophy of Music: an Essay on the Relations Between Evolutionary Theory and Music Theory....Pages 221-260 Evolution: The Whitworth Gun in Huxley’s War for the Liberation of Science from Theology....Pages 261-287 Evolutionism Transformed: Positivists and Materialists in the Société D’ Anthropologie de Paris from Second Empire to Third Republic....Pages 289-310 Back Matter....Pages 311-326