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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Darwinian theory"”.

  1. Renderings of the Abyss: some changing nineteenth-century literary perceptions of the animal / human divide.

    Kan, Tabitha GUniversity of Essex2016

    … time periods centred around the emergence of Darwinian theory, considered by this study to be the single most prolific scientific event to have occurred during the nineteenth century. These time frames are the pre-Darwinian, the early Darwinian, the late Darwinian and the post-Darwinian. The …

    essex Repository record

  2. Incubators in the new economy

    Chinsomboon, Oonnut Mac, 1969-Massachusetts Institute of Technology2000

    … Investors should watch for the effects of Darwinian Theory of Entrepreneurs and plan measures to counter them. As with any type of new industry or business, there are numerous pitfalis. NOTE: I'm now working on an extended version of this study that will cover more incubators, more venture …

    mit Repository record

  3. People, Places, and Plants: An Appraisal of Subsistence, Technology and Sedentism in the Eastern Woodlands

    Patton, Paul E.The Ohio State University2013

    … of Technological Investment, grounded in neo-Darwinian theory and Human Behavioral Ecology, this study uses quantitative and qualitative archaeological data to 1. Provide a general survey of the changes in human botanical diet from the Hocking Valley, Ohio, for the Late Archaic through Middle …

    ohiolink Repository record

  4. The scientific theory of evolution and christian beliefs : A philosophical inquiry with special reference to Zambia

    Kapembwa, Julius2012

    The relationship between the Darwinian theory of evolution and some Christian beliefs is complex and has generated controversy between scientists and philosophers. The relationship has been perceived by many as necessarily one of conflict, a perception that has been highlighted in more recent times …

    zambia Repository record

  5. Arguement in the humanities: A knowledge based approach

    Stutt, ArthurThe Open University1989

    … such as literary criticism, legal reasoning and Darwinian theory is discussed. In the final chapter, the achievements and inadequacies of this research are summarized, possible reasons are presented for the inadequacies in the resulting system and future directions discussed.

    the-open-u Repository record

  6. The Anxiety Of Evolution: Biological And Cultural Adaptation From Marcel Proust To Peter Greenaway

    Elliott, Tomas2021

    … structures of biological evolution and (post-)Darwinian theory. It argues that, in so doing, they have often tended to reveal their own anxieties concerning the status of art and human beings (typically men), rather than provide a so-called objective model for explaining cultural change.Through …

    penn Repository record

  7. The Argument from Design with special reference to Paley and Darwin and its significance for contemporary Christian apologetic

    Samuel, David NormanUniversity of Hull1983

    … to compare and contrast it with the Darwinian theory of evolution which resulted in the demise of the Argument in the nineteenth century, and to assess the significance it can still conceivably have for Christian apologetic today.The thesis begins with an examination of Paley's …

    hull Repository record

  8. William Dean Howells and the New Science: Darwinian Evolution and the Rise of Realism

    Wells, Stephen2018

    … as Howells understood it. Charles Sprague's "The Darwinian Theory," published in the Atlantic in 1866, the year Howells became assistant editor, provided the foundation for this new method, and Alfred Russel Wallace's The Malay Archipelago (1869) prompted Howells to take what he called "a new …

    duquesne Repository record

  9. UN INCONTRO TRA DARWINISMO E PRAGMATISMO: LA FILOSOFIA EVOLUZIONISTICA DI CHAUNCEY WRIGHT

    A. ParraviciniUniversità degli Studi di Milano2011

    The Darwinian evolutionary theory was a real revolution, not only in biology and, generally, in scientific fields, but even in philosophical and epistemological thought. However, in the years that followed the publication of The Origin of Species (1859), virtually nobody, among scientists and …

    milano Repository record

  10. Evolutionary adaptations : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

    Murphy, Elsa Sian2009

    massey

  11. Place Matters: An Evolutionary Approach to Annie Proulx's "The Half-Skinned Steer"and "Wamsutter Wolf"

    Walker, Erin

    … perspective. Proulx's fiction, like evolutionary theory, examines humanity's unique, reciprocal relationship with nature. The evolutionary approach provides readers with a framework to understand the human relationship to our environment, a theme Proulx's work examines. This approach also augments …

    uno Repository record

  12. A spin on compressive sensing imaging : reticle-based single-pixel imaging system

    University of Pretoria2024

    … metaheuristic method based on the Darwinian theory of survival of the fittest. The GA also allows the optimization of binary patterns that correspond to the opaque and transparent pixels on the reticle. Recovering sparse vectors with sensing matrices optimized by the GA for …

    pretoria Repository record