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  1. Changement de Paradigme de L’Évolution Biologique: Du Darwinisme a Une Nouvelle Synthèse Conceptuelle Élargie.David L. Espesset - 2023 - Eikasia Revista de Filosofía 112:155-260.
    Darwinism, especially in the form of the Modern Synthesis, has become one of the most influential theories in the worldwide scientific community. However, due to its often dogmatic interpretation, it is more and more orthodoxical. An increasing number of scientists have come to criticise Darwinism and go beyond it with a systemic approach and an expanded vision of the evolutionary process. As a matter of fact, the discovery of natural genetic engineering mechanisms shows that living cells are able to rewrite (...)
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  2. SCHIZOPHRÉNIE DARWINISTE – Partie 1 – Comment certaines dissensions et incohérences de la pensée scientifique biologique mènent à une véritable schizophrénie intellectuelle.David L. Espesset - manuscript
    L’investigation scientifique repose sur un certain nombre de propositions (axiomes, postulats, hypothèses) qui ne sont presque jamais elles-mêmes l’objet de quelconques réflexions ou recherches. Or, il s’avère que ces énoncés, notamment lorsqu’ils sont mis en relation les uns avec les autres, révèlent un certain nombre de contradictions et de paradoxes qui suggèrent, pour le moins, diverses interrogations. Cet aspect est particulièrement prégnant au sein des sciences biologiques, et tout spécifiquement la théorie darwinienne de l’évolution par sélection naturelle – théorie pourtant (...)
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  3. Extended book review. HOW LIFE INCREASES BIODIVERSITY An Autocatalytic hypothesis by David Seaborg - Reflections on the autocatalytic, self-referential, autonomous, autopoietic, self-organised dimensions of life[REVIEW]David L. Espesset - manuscript
    This is a detailed review of David Seaborg’s fascinating book, How life increases biodiversity – An Autocatalytic hypothesis. What is at first very stimulating about Seaborg's autocatalytic hypothesis is the view of organisms as ecosystem engineers who themselves create biodiversity and ecosystems that maximise it through the myriad actions of organisms and the interactions between them, especially through mutualistic relationships. After extensively questioning the involvement of natural selection, I discuss some of Seaborg's arguments (such as variation, adaptation, biological autonomy and (...)
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