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On December 27th, 1831, Charles Darwin departed on the HMS Beagle, which took him in a 5 year scientific expendetion to the Galapagos islands, south american and various other parts of the world. The data collected during this expediction later served as the foundation for his theory of evolution. Charles Darwin's contribution to the philosophy of science have had a lasting impact on the way we see things today, and continues to influence scientific thought and research.
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In 1858, Darwin received a letter from a fellow naturalist who had developed a theory of evolution based on his own work (Alfred Russel Wallace). This letter influenced Darwin to publish his own work on this topic, which at this point he had been working on for more than two decades.
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The most significant work in Darwin's career was the development of the theory of evolution by natural selection, this theory completely changed the way we understand the history of life on Earth. This theory since challenges all of the traditional religious beliefs and laid the path to modern biology. His theory reached further into biology, but also spychology, anthropology and philosophy.
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Because a good theory has "falsifiability", Bishop Samuel Wilforce seeked to criticized Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, they even had a public debate that took place at Oxford University; Marking a significant moment in the history of science, bringing the debate to the public eye helped it gain popularity in the scientific community.
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In 1872, Charles Darwin published :"The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, this book focused in body language and the way emotions are transmitted through facial and expressions. This work was an expansion of his earlier work and he utilized the data from his evolution of species work to lay the groundwork for his work in psychology.
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Darwin, Charles. The Autobiography of Charles Darwin. Open Road Media, 2020.
Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. John Murray, 1859.
Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. John Murray, 1871.
Darwin, Charles. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. John Murray, 1872.