In this study Dr. Gregory examines how Diderot borrowed from Lucretius, Buffon, Maupertuis, and probability theory, and combined ideas from these sources in an innovative fashion to hypothesize that species are mutable and that all life arose randomly from a single prototype.
| ISBN: | 9781138967687 |
| Publication date: | 21st July 2016 |
| Author: | Mary Gregory |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Philosophy |
| Genres: |
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Evolution |