Natural selection By Charles Darwin (Annotated Bibliography Sample)

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Natural selection by Charles Darwin
Natural selection is the steady, non-random process where by biological traits become either less or more common in a population as a function of different reproduction of their bearers. Natural selection is a key system of evolution. It was popularized by Charles Darwin who intended it to be contrasted with artificial selection. For natural selection to operate, two biological conditions must be met. That is: the individual of a population must be different in their hereditary characters and secondly some of the inherited differences must affect chances of survival and reproduction. This concept of natural selection is a very interesting one that is appreciated by not only the scientists but also the entire human nature. This essay tries to analyze and look at the perceptions and arguments of many scholars regarding to the concept of natural selection. According to me, I agree with the concept of natural selection as argued by Darwin. The easy will look at the following academic journals and works from different authors to find their arguments towards natural selection.
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Alter, Stephen G. “ HYPERLINK "http://pathfinder.utb.edu:2080/ehost/viewarticle?data=dGJyMPPp44rp2%2fdV0%2bnjisfk5Ie46bFQt6mzULGk63nn5Kx95uXxjL6nsEevpbBIr6ieTLiprlKxrJ5Zy5zyit%2fk8Xnh6ueH7N%2fiVbWtskm2qrRPtJzqeezdu33snOJ6u9e3gKTq33%2b7t8w%2b3%2bS7S7GnsUm2qrY%2b5OXwhd%2fqu37z4uqM4%2b7y&hid=12" \o "Mandeville's Ship: Theistic Design and Philosophical History in Charles Darwin's Vision of Natural Selection. " Mandeville's Ship: Theistic Design and Philosophical History in Charles Darwin's Vision of Natural Selection.” Journal of the History of Ideas 69.3 (July 2008): 441-465. Web. 2 December 2012.
This article discusses the theory of natural selection by Charles Darwin. According to the article, Darwin has substituted the idea of special creation with the theory of natural selection, which replaced the explanatory functions supplied by the design theory creator. The concept of natural selection prompted some argumentation from numerous scholars including Abigail Lusting, Stephen Jay Gould, and John Cornell. For example, Gould analyzed how Darwin kept the phenomology and overturned the clarification of adaptive structures.
Zimmerman, Michael. “ HYPERLINK "http://pathfinder.utb.edu:2080/ehost/viewarticle?data=dGJyMPPp44rp2%2fdV0%2bnjisfk5Ie46bFQt6mzULGk63nn5Kx95uXxjL6nsEevpbBIr6ieTLiprlKxrJ5Zy5zyit%2fk8Xnh6ueH7N%2fiVbWtskm2qrRPtJzqeezdu33snOJ6u9e3gKTq33%2b7t8w%2b3%2bS7ULCstFGzqK4%2b5OXwhd%2fqu37z4uqM4%2b7y&hid=12" \o "Natural Selection: Constantly Testing. " Natural Selection: Constantly Testing.” Phi Kappa Phi Forum 92.3 (Fall 2012): 15-17. Web. 2 December 2012.
This article describes the opposing views to Darwin’s natural selection theory. Zimmerman states that three rudimentary criterion existing in every population are needed to natural selection; these are said to end up with evolution. The article also cites reasons behind continual skepticism towards natural selection mainly by theologians and scientists.
Moore, James. “Darwin’s progress and the problem of slavery.” Progress in Human Geography. 34.5 (October 2010): 555-582. DOI: 10.1177/0309132510362932. Web. 1 December 2012.
The article describes Charles Darwin as a genius who revolutionized people’s understanding of life on earth through giving explanation of natural history as the purposeless of product of directionless variation selected naturally through a perilous struggle as existence. The article states that for Darwin it was not right to compensate by moral action, and the main reason for writing Origin of Species was to undermine slavery’s creationist ideologues.
Brooke, John Hedley. “Charles Darwin on Religion.” Perspectives on Science & Christian Faith 61.2 (June 2009): 67-72. Web. 2 December 2012.
This article focuses mainly on Charles Darwin’s views and beliefs about religion. The main questions arising from this article are if Charles Darwin’s beliefs were religious or anti-religious; if his theory of evolution by natural selection was incompatible with belief in a creator and what turned him into an agnostic. According to Brooke, it is vital if these questions are answered in a balanced way because the authority of Darwin and examples are ever summoned to justify theological claims and metaphysical claims that go far beyond the details of his evolutionary biology and that expressed by his “descendants”.
Ruse, Michael. “What Darwin's Doubters Get Wrong.” Chronicle of Higher Education 56.26 (12 March 2010): B6-B9. Web. 3 December 2012.
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