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New Evolutionary Theory: The End of Ideology
by Phillip L. Engle

Abstract: During the first half of the 20th century Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution became firmly established as scientific orthodoxy, and Darwin became hailed (and is hailed to this day) as the greatest biologist in the history of science. The 19th century foundations of Darwin’s theory seemed impressive and unassailable. While the foundations upon which Darwinism is based (the presumed all- sufficiency of linear and statistical science, together with Lyell’s principle of uniformitarianism) have crumbled and collapsed, the ideology of Darwinism persists to this day.

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