R.A. Fisher, indeterminism, and the fundamental theorem of natural selection

IF 1.4 2区 哲学 Q1 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-05-18 DOI:10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.05.006
Brian McLoone
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This paper is about the relationship between R.A. Fisher’s fundamental theorem of natural selection (FTNS) and the two major pieces that Fisher wrote on indeterminism, “Indeterminism and Natural Selection” (1934) and Creative Aspects of Natural Law (1950). I argue that the FTNS presents a picture of natural selection that is interestingly different from what we find in these two indeterminism pieces, pace some recent work that advances the opposite conclusion. I also identify as the source of this difference both the mathematical form of the FTNS (i.e., a differential equation) and Fisher’s meta-scientific commitment to advancing “general” claims about evolution.

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R.A.费舍尔、非决定论和自然选择基本定理。
本文论述了费雪的自然选择基本定理(FTNS)与费雪撰写的两篇关于不确定性的重要文章《不确定性与自然选择》(1934 年)和《自然法则的创造性方面》(1950 年)之间的关系。我认为,FTNS展现的自然选择图景与我们在这两篇不确定论文章中发现的自然选择图景有着有趣的不同,而最近的一些研究则提出了相反的结论。我还指出,FTNS 的数学形式(即微分方程)和费希尔对推进进化论 "一般 "主张的元科学承诺是造成这种差异的根源。
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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 管理科学-科学史与科学哲学
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期刊介绍: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science is devoted to the integrated study of the history, philosophy and sociology of the sciences. The editors encourage contributions both in the long-established areas of the history of the sciences and the philosophy of the sciences and in the topical areas of historiography of the sciences, the sciences in relation to gender, culture and society and the sciences in relation to arts. The Journal is international in scope and content and publishes papers from a wide range of countries and cultural traditions.
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