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Evolution : a theory in crisis ? a review

@inproceedings{Korthof2005EvolutionA,
  title={Evolution : a theory in crisis ? a review},
  author={Gert Korthof},
  year={2005}
}

• G. Korthof
• Published 2005
• Art

This review consists of a summary, criticism and conclusion of this now classic book. At first the title of this book withheld me from buying it. Crisis? I studied biology and specialised in genetics and evolution, but I never heard of a crisis in Darwinism. Yes, I noticed problems and controversies, the theory was incomplete, but crisis? Now I've got the book from a friend (1) and I read it. Criticism of the fundamentals of Darwinism was not part of my biological training. But once I had gone through the 'This-must-be-a-bigmisunderstanding' phase and had learned to use the non-evolution paradigm, it became suddenly possible to read the standard evolutionary publications in a new, critical way. This is hard or even impossible within the Darwinian paradigm. This is the attitude Feyerabend probably had in mind when he wrote: