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Darwinism

Submitted by Lisa B. on Sat, 01/31/2009 - 10:54am.
After our first lecture on the Origin of Species I had a new outlook on Darwinism. Is evolution a good story? Dr. Grobstein explained that Darwin switched the evolution story from a non-narrative foundational to narrative foundational to emergence. With the introduction of time as an element of storytelling, the Origin of Species was a historic work in scientific literature. One term, foundational, de-mystified my skepticism of Darwin's achievements. Unlike previous stories of evolution, Darwin's story of evolution assumed an endpoint.

This variation on the story of evolution was enlightening. Defining a foundational and non-foundational narrative taught me that literature could supplement science. In my opinion natural selection did not completely justify Darwin's achievements. Something was always missing in my study of the Origin of Species and that turned out to be literary criticism.  

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