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SUMMARY:&quot\;Ritual Patricide: Why Stephen Jay Gould Assassinated His Id
 ol&quot\; - Joe Cain (University College London)
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CONTACT:David Allan Feller
DESCRIPTION:George Gaylord Simpson was the undisputed American heavy-weigh
 t in macro-evolutionary theory prior to paleobiology’s disciplinary form
 ation in the 1970s. Memory of Simpson’s intellectual influence on this n
 ext generation of thinkers is tied intimately to aggressive and bitter dis
 putes regarding originality. In the process\, Simpson’s macro-evolutiona
 ry views were attacked in volleys of empirical and theoretical criticism. 
 His views also were attacked on historical and philosophical grounds\, as 
 his replacements struggled to distinguish new from old. These attacks took
  on an intensity well beyond the norm for contentiousness theoretical disp
 utes\, and are perhaps best understood as ritual patricide. The fight with
  Simpson functioned as a unifying force in the frantic discipline building
  underway in macro-evolutionary studies during the 1970s.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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