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(1997) The elusive synthesis, Dordrecht, Springer.

The aesthetic construction of Darwin's theory

David Kohn

pp. 13-48

The nature and operation of natural selection are conveyed in the Origin of Species by two famous metaphors, whose history in Charles Darwin's consciousness form the substance of this paper.1

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-1786-6_2

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Kohn, D. (1997)., The aesthetic construction of Darwin's theory, in A. Tauber (ed.), The elusive synthesis, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 13-48.