[Re:] Othogenesis etc.

[Thomas Schlemmermeyer]

Thanks for your interesting comment. When I called the term "nomogenesis"
vague, I referred to my own vague understanding of it.

So nomogenesis seems to be a scientific concept, whereas Chardin's omega
principle is (according to my knowledge) clearly metaphysical as it makes
explicit allusion to christian believes and so on...

On (         Wed, 17 Nov 1999 11:40:09 +0300),         Alexander Martynov
<doris at AM3963.SPB.EDU> wrote:


> In Russia  Mayr's point of view on evolution and taxonomy
>was dominante (because many of his books was translated,
>or more exactly probably his book was translated because somebody
>give instruction to translated only Mayr's books), although
>Leo(Lev) Berg wrote in frozen after "revolution" of 1917
>St.Petersburg "Nomogenesis, or evolution on the base of laws"
>(Excuse me for itself translation of title, exist old English
>translation of the book, as far as I know). In this work
>main idea was evolution caused by the internal characteristics of
>organisms, including the proteins. Berg adduced many
>examples of impossibility of evolution on the base of selection -
>for ex. (that I remember) vascular system in the neck of Giraffa,
>that, to Berg, so complex, and can originated only one step,
>nor gradually changed., and therefore the neck also can't to
>elaborated step by step. Berg also mentioned strange similarity in
>construction of far from each other groups, that can explained
>only by same internal laws. Another Berg's idea was, that species
>can evolved rapidly, by means of influence on the whole population
>same conditions. It's clear, that nomogenes is scientific
>hypothesis, nor mistical or anything else ("vague" term).
> Berg's nomogenesis certainly followed idea of orthogenesis.
>This term is defineted in Russian "Biological Encyclopaedic
>Dictionary" (1986) as " concept in the evolutionary theory,
>speaking that evolution of nature caused by internal factors,
>which directed way of evolution to the determine trend.
>Orthogenesis based on the views of T.Eimer (works 1888-1897)[......]
>At the end of dictionary artcle, noted that "Conception
>of othogenesis, in principle controversy to Darvin's theory and
>tried to explane evolutionary process by autogenetic causes(see
>Autogenesis, Nomogenesis)". But way of critic to nomogenesis in this
>Dictionary more strong, and clear based on  the Mayr's
>usage of othogenesis etc., that discussion in Taxacom.
>"In modern biology, teleological in their base ideas of Berg,
>sometimes used for anti-darvinian explanations of the rows of
>problems of the macroevolution".
>
>Alexander
>
>---
>Alexander Martynov (doris at AM3963.spb.edu)
>Zoological Institute, St.Petersburg
>Wed, 17 Nov 99 09:37 +0300 MSK
>


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