Books:
- Adriana Novoa and Alex Levine, 2010 (in press), From Man to Ape: Darwinism in Argentina, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Abstract
The argument of Darwin's Origin of Species is, among other things, an argument from analogy. If the analogy between domestic breeds and natural varieties (qua incipient species) is, as we believe, constitutive of Darwinian evolutionary theory, the fact that this analogy, like many other scientific analogies, is culturally situated is of interest to the philosopher of science. Our work is a study of the fate of Darwinian analogies in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Argentina. As such, it is intended both as a contribution to the intellectual history of Argentina, and as an advertisement for the philosophical interest of the study of peripheral science, science at the geographic and cultural peripheries of an enterprise centered in Europe, for what it reveals about the culturally contingent aspects of science-constitutive analogy and metaphor.
- Alex Levine, 2010, Scientific Process: Case Studies on Science in Social Context, Dubuque: Kendall and Hunt Press
Abstract
This textbook introduces students to case studies in the history of science by means of primary sources. Please see the Table of Contents.
- Adriana Novoa and Alex Levine, under review, Darwinistas. Sourcebook on Evolution, Race, and Science in Nineteenth Century Argentina
Abstract
This book provides original translations from the work of leading nineteenth century scientists and public intellectuals, all of whom were engaged in the reception and appropriation of Darwinism. It features a critical introduction and biographical sketches of each of the translated authors. Please see the Table of Contents.
- Alex Levine, ed., 2010 (forthcoming), ISI 2007: Perspectives on Interactivism, special issue of New Ideas in Psychology
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