Beyond Lamarckism: Plasticity in Darwinian Evolution, 1890-1970

Over the past 20 years, the role of phenotypic plasticity in Darwinian evolution has become a hotly debated topic among biologists and philosophers of science. For instance, in the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, a new form of evolutionary theory that aims to include processes not taken into account by standard theory (the Modern Synthesis), the question of the remarkable plasticity of living beings is central.

Beyond Lamarckism: Plasticity in Darwinian Evolution, 1890–1970 shows that the e...