DARWIN’S THEORY
“Descent with Modification”
[Note: the term evolution never appears in the first edition, nor does the phrase “survival of the fittest.”]
Darwin, Charles. “14. Recapitulation and Conclusion.” On the Origin of Species, First Edition, 1859. Project Gutenberg.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1228/1228-h/1228-h.htm#link2H_4_0022 [0.5h]
“And as natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress towards perfection.”
PS: if you would like to drill down into Darwin’s evidence, check out this electronic exhibit from the American Museum of Natural History:
https://www.amnh.org/research/darwin-manuscripts/edited-manuscripts/evolution-papers/darwin-s-evidence
A MORE ETHICAL THEORY OF EVOLUTION?
Is evolution random, deterministic, or tendency?
Peirce, Charles S. “Evoutionary Love.” The Monist, vol. 3, 1893, pp. 176-200. Arisbe: The Peirce Gateway.
http://www.iupui.edu/~arisbe/menu/library/bycsp/evolove/evolove.htm [0.5h]
APPENDIX A: GENERALIZATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES
Exhibits of Evolutionary Logics
Evolutionary Game Theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_game_theory
Evolutionary Models
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Models_of_DNA_evolution
APPENDIX B: CONSCIOUSNESS ANALOGOUS TO EVOLUTION
Friston, Karl. “The Mathematics of Mind-Time.” Aeon, 18 May, 2017,
https://aeon.co/essays/consciousness-is-not-a-thing-but-a-process-of-inference
“I’m going to argue that things don’t exist for reasons, but certain processes can nonetheless be cast as engaged in reasoning.”
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