Re: [Marxism] Reminder

["farmelantj@xxxxxxxx" <farmelantj@xxxxxxxx>]

I believe that Stephen Jay Gould did regard Wallace as a kind of 
"ultra-Darwinist" in the sense of putting an even higher premium on the 
principle of natural selection as THE explanation for evolutionary change than 
did Darwin.  Ironically, when it came to the subject of the emergence of man, 
Wallace regarded natural selection as inadequate to explain what happened, so 
he then posited a role for divine intervention.

Jim F.

-- "Mike Friedman" <mikedf@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wrong dude. He was NOT an "ultra-Darwinist," but a contemporary of
Darwin's who simultaneously (and initially unknown to Darwin) came up with
the the conception of evolution (Descent with Modification via natural
selection) that we associate with Darwin. Nothing more, nothing less.


>Or how about Alfred Russell Wallace, an
>ultra-Darwinist concerning issues of biology, but also
>a socialist and passionate advocate of womens right to
>vote?




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