The arrows of evolution: Florentino Ameghino and the laws of Phylogeny

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Autor(a) principal: Caponi, Gustavo
Data de Publicação: 2018
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: spa
Título da fonte: Scientiae Studia (Online)
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/ss/article/view/144945
Resumo: The laws stated by the argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911) in his work Phylogeny, of 1884, allow understanding of what was involved in the reformulation of the objectives of Natural History of living beings, especially in Paleontology, resulting from the advent of Darwinism. In addition, these laws seem to find their basis in the deepest foundations of evolutionary perspective: although they arise, in fact, from mere empirical generalizations, the laws proposed in Phylogeny seem to find their justification in the assumption that evolutionary processes are always irreversible. They aim to identify paths in the morphospace that can be traversed in one way only, and whose knowledge allows, consequently, to serialize morphological changes. These laws, which are not causal, are laws of succession that, precisely because of the irreversibility of the series they establish, might also deserve the label of ‘historical laws’.
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spelling The arrows of evolution: Florentino Ameghino and the laws of PhylogenyLas flechas de la evolución: Florentino Ameghino y las leyes de la filogeniaAmeghino. Phylogeny. Irreversibility. Phylogenetic laws. Historical laws.Ameghino. Filogenia. Irreversibilidad. Leyes filogenéticas. Leyes históricas.The laws stated by the argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911) in his work Phylogeny, of 1884, allow understanding of what was involved in the reformulation of the objectives of Natural History of living beings, especially in Paleontology, resulting from the advent of Darwinism. In addition, these laws seem to find their basis in the deepest foundations of evolutionary perspective: although they arise, in fact, from mere empirical generalizations, the laws proposed in Phylogeny seem to find their justification in the assumption that evolutionary processes are always irreversible. They aim to identify paths in the morphospace that can be traversed in one way only, and whose knowledge allows, consequently, to serialize morphological changes. These laws, which are not causal, are laws of succession that, precisely because of the irreversibility of the series they establish, might also deserve the label of ‘historical laws’.Las leyes que el paleontólogo argentino Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911) enuncia en su obra Filogenia, de 1884, permiten entender en qué consistió la reformulación de los objetivos de la historia natural de los seres vivos en general, y de la paleontología en particular, que produjo el advenimiento del darwinismo. Pero, además, esas leyes parecen encontrar su fundamento en los cimientos más profundos de la perspectiva evolucionista: aunque sean meras generalizaciones empíricas, las leyes propuestas en Filogenia parecen encontrar su justificación en la presunción de que los procesos evolutivos son siempre irreversibles. Ellas intentan identificar trayectorias en el morfo-espacio que sólo pueden ser recorridas en único sentido, y cuyo conocimiento permite, por consiguiente, seriar los cambios morfológicos. Esas leyes, que no son causales, son leyes de sucesión que, justamente por el carácter irreversible de las series que ellas establecen, podrían también merecer el rótulo de “leyes históricas”.Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas2018-04-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ss/article/view/14494510.11606/51678-31662017000200008Scientiae Studia; v. 15 n. 2 (2017); 365-386Scientiae Studia; Vol. 15 Núm. 2 (2017); 365-386Scientiae Studia; Vol. 15 No. 2 (2017); 365-3862316-89941678-3166reponame:Scientiae Studia (Online)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPspahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ss/article/view/144945/139134Copyright (c) 2018 Scientiae Studiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCaponi, Gustavo2018-04-03T11:36:37Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/144945Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1678-3166&lng=pt&nrm=isoPUBhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ss/oaiariconda@usp.br2316-89941678-3166opendoar:2018-04-03T11:36:37Scientiae Studia (Online) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The arrows of evolution: Florentino Ameghino and the laws of Phylogeny
Las flechas de la evolución: Florentino Ameghino y las leyes de la filogenia
title The arrows of evolution: Florentino Ameghino and the laws of Phylogeny
spellingShingle The arrows of evolution: Florentino Ameghino and the laws of Phylogeny
Caponi, Gustavo
Ameghino. Phylogeny. Irreversibility. Phylogenetic laws. Historical laws.
Ameghino. Filogenia. Irreversibilidad. Leyes filogenéticas. Leyes históricas.
title_short The arrows of evolution: Florentino Ameghino and the laws of Phylogeny
title_full The arrows of evolution: Florentino Ameghino and the laws of Phylogeny
title_fullStr The arrows of evolution: Florentino Ameghino and the laws of Phylogeny
title_full_unstemmed The arrows of evolution: Florentino Ameghino and the laws of Phylogeny
title_sort The arrows of evolution: Florentino Ameghino and the laws of Phylogeny
author Caponi, Gustavo
author_facet Caponi, Gustavo
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Ameghino. Phylogeny. Irreversibility. Phylogenetic laws. Historical laws.
Ameghino. Filogenia. Irreversibilidad. Leyes filogenéticas. Leyes históricas.
topic Ameghino. Phylogeny. Irreversibility. Phylogenetic laws. Historical laws.
Ameghino. Filogenia. Irreversibilidad. Leyes filogenéticas. Leyes históricas.
description The laws stated by the argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911) in his work Phylogeny, of 1884, allow understanding of what was involved in the reformulation of the objectives of Natural History of living beings, especially in Paleontology, resulting from the advent of Darwinism. In addition, these laws seem to find their basis in the deepest foundations of evolutionary perspective: although they arise, in fact, from mere empirical generalizations, the laws proposed in Phylogeny seem to find their justification in the assumption that evolutionary processes are always irreversible. They aim to identify paths in the morphospace that can be traversed in one way only, and whose knowledge allows, consequently, to serialize morphological changes. These laws, which are not causal, are laws of succession that, precisely because of the irreversibility of the series they establish, might also deserve the label of ‘historical laws’.
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