Teachers, ideas, and readings that shaped the thought of Charles Robert Darwin

Authors

  • Juan Carlos Priora Universidad Adventista del Plata, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17162/au.v0i1.296

Keywords:

Fixism, uniformism, catastrophism, variations, natural selection, speciation, survival of the fittest, evolution.

Abstract

This paper sets out to review Charles Darwin’s teachers, readings, and which ideas and other events had a definite impact on his mental framework, to the extent that they prompted him to dismiss some ideas while adopting others. When discussing Charles Darwin, we will devote to his ancestors, studies, teachers, friendships, readings, and the doubts that nagged him throughout his life. In short, we will refer to the whole collection of the personal experiences that shaped and transformed his thought, to the point of prompting him to write a book that shook up the world.

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Author Biography

Juan Carlos Priora, Universidad Adventista del Plata, Argentina

Graduado en Historia por la Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina). Estudios de posgrado en las universidades nacionales de La Plata y Córdoba (Argentina), y en Complementación Teológica por el Seminario Adventista Latinoamericano de Teología. Fue decano de la Facultad de Humanidades, Educación y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Adventista del Plata; desde el año 2007 profesor emérito vitalicio de dicha universidad. Autor de siete libros, decenas de artículos científicos y unos 150, de divulgación. Además de Argentina, ha dictado clases, seminarios, cursos y conferencias en Colombia, Brasil, Ecuador, España, EE. UU., México, Venezuela y Uruguay.

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Published

2013-07-14

How to Cite

Priora, J. C. (2013). Teachers, ideas, and readings that shaped the thought of Charles Robert Darwin. Apuntes Universitarios, 3(1), 117–139. https://doi.org/10.17162/au.v0i1.296

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2013): Revista de Investigación Apuntes Universitarios

Section

Artículos de revisión

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