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__________ Richard C. Lewontin (1929—  ) __________

Professor Emeritus, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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Lewontin, R.C. 2001. Foreword. In Wagner, The Character Concept in Evolutionary Biology, #—xxiii. developmental biology evolutionary biology

Keyword: character.


Lewontin, R.C. 2000. It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions. New York: New York Review Books. cultural evolution cognitive science evolutionary biology history and social studies of science philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: cloningDarwinian revolutiongender issues in biologygeneticslimits to scienceMendelpolitics of sciencereductionsocial studies of science.


Lewontin, R.C. 2000. The problems of population genetics. In Singh, Evolutionary Genetics, #—#. theoretical biology

Keyword: population genetics.


Lewontin, R.C. 2000. What do population geneticists know and how do they know it? In Creath/Maienschein, Biology and Epistemology, #—#. philosophy of biology

Keywords: limits to knowledgepopulation geneticsskepticism.


Lewontin, R.C. 1999. Forward. In Oyama/Gray/Griffiths, The Ontogeny of Information, #—#. evolutionary biology


Lewontin, R.C. 1998. The evolution of cognition: Questions we will never answer. In Scarborough/Sternberg/Osherson, An Invitation to Cognitive Science, 107—132. cultural evolution cognitive science evolutionary epistemology evolution of language

Keywords: analogyevolutionary constraintsformfunctionhistoryhomologyinventive storiesreconstructionselectionskepticismspeculation.


Lewontin, R.C. 1998. Survival of the nicest? Review of [Sober/Wilson 1998]. New York Review of Books #(October 22): 59—63. evolutionary biology ethology and sociobiology philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keyword: group selection.


Lewontin, R.C. 1998. The confusion over cloning. In Pense, Flesh of My Flesh, 129—139. evolutionary biology

Keywords: cloninggenetics.


Lewontin, R.C. 1998. Higher Superstition: An exchange. New York Review of Books (December 3): 59—60.


Lewontin, R.C. 1998. The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism, and Environment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. evolutionary biology history and social studies of science philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: causalityenvironmentgeneslimits to scienceorganismspolitics of sciencereductionsocial studies of science.


Lewontin, R.C./Levins, R. 1998. How different are natural and social science? CNS 9(1): 85—89. epistemology and philosophy of science

Keywords: natural sciencenaturalismsocial science.


Lewontin, R.C./Levins, R. 1998. Does anything new ever happen? CNS 9(2): 53—56. philosophy of biology

Keyword: emergence.


Lewontin, R.C./Levins, R. 1998. Life on other worlds. CNS 9(4): 39—42. theoretical biology

Keyword: extra-terrestrial life.


Chomsky, N./Nader, L./Wallerstein, I./Lewontin, R.C./Katznelson, I./Zinn, H., eds. 1997. The Cold War and the University: Toward an Intellectual History of the Postwar Years. New York: The New Press.


Lewontin, R.C. 1997. Catastrophe, chaos and complexity. Workshop, University of Sydney, Australia, November 28, 1997. theoretical biology

Keywords: developmental geneticsinformationmathematical biologyproblems at a distance.


Lewontin, R.C. 1997. The Cold War and the transformation of the Academy. In Chomsky et al., The Cold War and the University, 1—34. history and social studies of science


Lewontin, R.C. 1997. Biologie als Ideologie: Ursache und Wirkung bei der Tuberkulose, den menschlichen Genen und in der Landwirtschaft. Streitbarer Materialismus 21: 111—128. evolutionary biology normative issues regarding evolutionary theory philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keyword: biology as ideology.


Lewontin, R.C. 1997. A question of biology: Are the races different? In Lee/Menkart/Okazawa-Rey, Beyond Heroes and Holidays, #—#. cultural evolution evolutionary biology

Keywords: human geneticsrace.


Lewontin, R.C. 1996. Evolution as engineering. In Collado-Vides/Magasanik, Integrative Approaches to Molecular Biology, 1—10. philosophy of biology theoretical biology


Lewontin, R.C. 1996. In the blood. New York Review of Books #(May 23): 31—35. cultural evolution history and social studies of biology

Keyword: Zola.


Lewontin, R.C. 1995. Genes, environment and organisms. In Silvers, Hidden Histories of Science, 115—139. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keywords: environmentgenesorganisms.


Lewontin, R.C. 1995. A la recherche du temps perdu. Configurations 3: 257—265. history and social studies of science


Lewontin, R.C. 1994. A rejoinder to William Wimsatt. In Chandler/Davidson/Harootunian, Questions of Evidence, 504—509. epistemology and philosophy of science


Lewontin, R.C. 1994. De DNA Doctrine. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker. evolutionary biology

Keywords: DNAgenetics.


Lewontin, R.C. 1993. Biology as ideology. In Sagarra/Sagarra, The Dancer and the Dance, 54—64.


Lewontin, R.C. 1992. Inside and Outside: Genetics, Environment and Organism. Heinz Werner Lecture Series, vol. 20s. Worcester: Clark University Press. theoretical biology


Lewontin, R.C. 1992. Genotype and phenotype. In Keller/Lloyd, Keywords in Evolutionary Biology, 137—144. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keywords: genotypephenotype.


Lewontin, R.C. 1992. Open peer commentary: Gene talk on target. Social Epistemology 6: 179—181. evolutionary biology ethology and sociobiology

Keywords: biological discoursegene talk.


Lewontin, R.C./Godfrey-Smith, P. 1992. The dimensions of selection. Philosophy of Science 60: 373—395. evolutionary biology philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keyword: selectionism.


Lewontin, R.C. 1991. Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA. Ontario: Stoddart. New York: Harper Collins, 1993. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1993.


Lewontin, R.C. 1991. Population genetics. Encyclopedia of Human Biology, vol. 6, 107—115. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keyword: population genetics.


Lewontin, R.C. 1991. Perspectives: 25 Years Ago in Genetics: Electrophoresis in the development of evolutionary genetics: Milestone or Millstone? Genetics 128: 657—662. history and social studies of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: electroforesishistory of evolutionary genetics.


Lewontin, R.C. 1991. Facts and the factitious in natural science. Critical Inquiry 18: 140—153. epistemology and philosophy of science

Reprinted in Chandler/Davidson/Harootunian, Questions of Evidence.


Lewontin, R.C. 1991. Review of [Lloyd 1988]. Biology and Philosophy 6: 461—466. evolutionary biology philosophy of biology

Keywords: semantic view of theoriesstructure of evolutionary theory.


Lewontin, R.C./Hartl, D.L. 1991. Population genetic problems in forensic DNA typing. Science 254: 1745—1750. cultural evolution evolutionary biology normative issues regarding evolutionary theory

Keywords: forensic DNA typingpopulation genetics.


Lewontin, R.C. 1990. The evolution of cognition. In Osherson/Smith, Invitation to Cognitive Science, 229—240. cultural evolution cognitive science evolutionary epistemology evolution of language

Keywords: analogyevolutionary constraintsformfunctionhistoryhomologyinventive storiesreconstructionselectionskepticismspeculation.


Levins, R./Lewontin, R.C. 1988. Aspects of wholes and parts in population biology. In Greenberg/Tobach, Evolution of Social Behavior and Integrative Levels, 31—52. philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: emergencepartspopulation biologyreductionwholes.


Lewontin, R.C. 1987. The shape of optimality. In Dupré, The Latest on the Best, 151—159. [cc] philosophy of biology theoretical biology


Lewontin, R.C. 1987. Polymorphism and heterosis: Old wine in new bottles and vice versa. Journal of the History of Biology 20: 337—349. history and social studies of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: heterosishistory of biologypolymorphism.


Schiff, M./Lewontin, R.C. 1986. Education and Class: The Irrelevance of IQ Genetic Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. cultural evolution evolutionary biology history and social studies of science

Keyword: science education.


Levins, R./Lewontin, R.C. 1985. The Dialectical Biologist. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, Cambridge. evolutionary biology history and social studies of science theoretical biology

Keywords: adaptationagricultural researchANOVAapplied biologycapitalismDarwinDescartesdialecticsecologyenvironmentevolution as ideologygeneticshuman natureLysenkoismMarxismmechanismorganismpositivismreductionsocial studies of sciencesocietyThird World.


Lewontin, R.C. 1985. Population genetics. Annual Review of Genetics 19: 81—102. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keyword: population genetics.


Lewontin, R.C. 1985. Population genetics. In Greenwood/Slatkins, Evolution, 3—18. evolutionary biology theoretical biology


Lewontin, R.C./Rose, S./Kamin, L.J., eds. 1984. Not In Our Genes: Biology, Ideology and Human Nature. New York: Pantheon. cultural evolution developmental biology evolutionary biology ethology and sociobiology history and social studies of science philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: ethologyevolutionary psychologygenetic determinismhistory of biologyhuman geneticshuman natureideologyintelligenceIQsocial studies of sciencesociobiology.


Lewontin, R.C. 1983. The organism as the subject and object of evolution. Scientia 188: 65—82. evolutionary biology philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: object of evolutionorganismsubject of evolution.


Lewontin, R.C. 1983. Gene, organism and environment. In Bendall, Evolution From Molecules to Men, 273—285. developmental biology evolutionary biology philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: environmentgenesorganisms.


Lewontin, R.C. 1983. Biological determinism. Tanner Lectures on Human Values 4: 147—183. evolutionary biology ethology and sociobiology theoretical biology

Keywords: biological determinismcritique of sociobiology.


Lewontin, R.C. 1983. Darwin's revolution. New York Review of Books 30(June 16): 21—27.


Lewontin, R.C. 1983. Science as a social weapon. Occasional Papers, no. I, 13—29. Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. history and social studies of science

Keyword: science as a social weapon (Lewontin).


Lewontin, R.C. 1983. Elementary errors about evolution. Review of [Dennett 1983]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6: 367. evolutionary biology ethology and sociobiology philosophy of biology

Keywords: adaptationismDennett.


Lewontin, R.C. 1983. The corpse in the elevator. Review of [Rose 1982, Against Biological Determinism]. New York Review of Books #(20 January): #—#. evolutionary biology history and social studies of science philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: biological determinismDawkinsliberatory biologymechanismreduction.


Sober, E.R./Lewontin, R.C. 1983. Discussion: Reply to Rosenberg on genic selectionism, E. Philosophy of Science 50: 648—650. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keywords: genic selectionselectionism.


Lewontin, R.C. 1982. Human Diversity. Redding, CT: Scientific American/Freeman. evolutionary biology

Keywords: human diversityhuman genetics.


Lewontin, R.C. 1982. Organism and environment. In Plotkin, Learning, Development and Culture, 151—170. [Quotes] [chc] evolutionary epistemology genetic epistemology


Lewontin, R.C. 1982. Prospectives, perspectives, and retrospectives. Review of [R. Milkman, Perspectives on Evolution]. Paleobiology 8: 309—313. evolutionary biology theoretical biology


Lewontin, R.C. 1982. Review of [Maynard Smith 1982a]. Nature 300: 113—114. evolutionary biology ethology and sociobiology theoretical biology

Keyword: evolutionary game theory.


Lewontin, R.C./Sober, E.R. 1982. Artifact, cause and genic selection. Philosophy of Science 49: 157—180. evolutionary biology philosophy of biology

Keywords: artifactcausegenic selection.


Sober, E.R./Lewontin, R.C. 1982. Artifact, cause, and genic selection. Philosophy of Science 47: 157—180.

Reprinted in (Sober 1984b).


Lewontin, R.C. 1981. L’évolution. La Pensée 223: 16—24. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keyword: nature of evolution.


Lewontin, R.C. 1981. Sleight of hand. Review of [Lumsden/Wilson 1981]. The Sciences 21: 23—26. cultural evolution ethology and sociobiology

Keywords: critique of sociobiologyLumsdenWilson.


Lewontin, R.C. 1981. The inferiority complex. Review of [Gould 1981]. New York Review of Books #(22 October): #—#. cultural evolution history and social studies of biology

Keyword: Gould.


Suzuki, D.T./Griffiths, A.J.F./Lewontin, R.C. 1981. An Introduction to Genetic Analysis. 2nd. ed. San Francisco: Freeman.


Lewontin, R.C. 1980. Sociobiology: Another biological determinism. International Journal of Health Sciences 10: 347—363. ethology and sociobiology

Keywords: biological determinismcritique of sociobiology.


Lewontin, R.C. 1980. Theoretical population genetics in the evolutionary synthesis. In Mayr/Provine, The Evolutionary Synthesis, #—#. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keywords: evolutionary synthesistheoretical population genetics.


Gould, S.J./Lewontin, R.C. 1979. The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: A critique of the adaptationist programme. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B. 205: 581—598. [cc] evolutionary biology philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Reprinted in Sober, 1984. Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology, #—#. [cc]

Keywords: adaptationismPanglossian paradigmresearch strategiesspandrels.


Lewontin, R.C. 1979. Sociobiology as an adaptationist program. Behavioral Science 24: 5—14. ethology and sociobiology

Keywords: adaptationismsociobiology.


Lewontin, R.C. 1978. Fitness, survival and optimality. In Horn et al., Analysis of Ecological Systems, #—#. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keywords: fitnessoptimalitysurvival.


Lewontin, R.C. 1978. Adaptation. Scientific American 239(3): 157—169. evolutionary biology philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: adaptationadaptationism.


Lewontin, R.C. 1977. Biological determinism as a social weapon. In Ann Arbor Science for the Peop, Biology as a Social Weapon, 6—18. ethology and sociobiology history and social studies of science

Keywords: biological determinismcritique of sociobiology.


Lewontin, R.C. 1977. Sociobiology — A caricature of Darwinism. In , In PSA 1976, vol. 2,, 22—31. ethology and sociobiology history and social studies of biology

Keyword: critique of sociobiology.


Lewontin, R.C. 1977. Caricature of Darwinism. Review of [Dawkins 1976]. Nature 266: 283—284. evolutionary biology ethology and sociobiology

Keywords: biological determinismcritique of sociobiologyDawkins.


Lewontin, R.C. 1976. Review of [Loehlin/Lindzey/Spuhler 1975]. American Journal of Human Genetics 28: 92—97. theoretical biology

Keywords: human geneticsintelligencerace.


Lewontin, R.C. 1976. The fallacy of biological determinism. The Sciences 16(#): 6—10. evolutionary biology ethology and sociobiology history and social studies of science

Keywords: biological determinismhuman genetics.


Lewontin, R.C. 1975. The problem of genetic diversity. Harvey Lecture Series 70: 1—20. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keyword: genetic diversity.


Lewontin, R.C. 1975. Genetic aspects of intelligence. Annual Review of Genetics 9: 382—405. developmental biology evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keywords: human geneticsintelligence.


Lewontin, R.C. 1974. The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change. New York: Columbia University Press. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keywords: ANOVAevolutionary changegenetics.


Lewontin, R.C. 1974. Annotation: The analysis of variance and the analysis of causes. American Journal of Human Genetics 26: 400—411. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keywords: ANOVAcausal analysis.


Lewontin, R.C. 1974. Darwin and Mendel: The materialist revolution. In Neyman, The Heritage of Copernicus, 166—183. evolutionary biology history and social studies of biology philosophy of biology

Keywords: Darwinhistory of biologymaterialismMendel.


Lewontin, R.C. 1972. Testing the theory of natural selection. Nature 236: 181—182. evolutionary biology philosophy of biology

Keywords: testingtheory of natural selection.


Lewontin, R.C. 1972. The apportionment of human diversity. Evolutionary Biology 6: 381—398. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keywords: apportionmenthuman diversity.


Lewontin, R.C./Stebbins, G.L. 1972. Comparative evolution at the levels of molecules, organisms and populations. In Proceedings of the 6th Berkeley Symposium on Mathematics, Statistics and Probability, vol. 5, 23—42. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keywords: comparative evolutionevolution of populationsmolecular evolutionorganismal evolution.


Lewontin, R.C. 1970. The units of selection. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 1: 1—18. evolutionary biology philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: extended evolutionary theoryunits of selection.


Lewontin, R.C. 1970. On the irrelevance of genes. In Waddington, Towards a Theoretical Biology, vol. 3, 63—72.


Lewontin, R.C. 1970. Race and intelligence. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 26(March): 2—8. cultural evolution evolutionary biology history and social studies of science

Keywords: geneticshuman biologyintelligencerace.


Lewontin, R.C. 1970. Further remarks on race and the genetics of intelligence. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 26(May): 23—25. cultural evolution evolutionary biology history and social studies of science

Keywords: geneticshuman biologyintelligencerace.


Lewontin, R.C./Franklin, I. 1970. Is the gene the unit of selection? Genetics 65: 707—734. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keywords: genesunits of selection.


Lewontin, R.C. 1969. The bases of conflict in biological explanation. Journal of the History of Biology 2: 35—45. philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: biological explanationconflict.


Lewontin, R.C. 1969. The meaning of stability. Brookhaven Symposium in Biology 22: 13—24. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keyword: stability.


Feldman, M.W./Lewontin, R.C. 1968. The heritability hang-up. Science 190: 1163—168. evolutionary biology

Keywords: ANOVAheritabilityhuman genetics.


Lewontin, R.C. 1968. The concept of evolution. In Shils, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 202—210. evolutionary biology philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keyword: nature of evolution.


Lewontin, R.C. 1968. Essay review of [Cairns et al. 1966]. Journal of the History of Biology 1: 155—161. history and social studies of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: history of biologyhistory of geneticsPhage Group.


Waddington, C.H./Lewontin, R.C. 1968. A note on evolution and changes in the quantity of genetic information. In Waddington, Towards a Theoretical Biology, vol. 1, 109—110.


Lewontin, R.C. 1967. The principle of historicity in evolution. In Moorhead/Kaplan, Mathematical Challenges of the Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution, 81—94. evolutionary biology philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keyword: historicity.


Lewontin, R.C. 1967. Population genetics. Annual Review of Genetics 1: 37—70. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keyword: population genetics.


Lewontin, R.C. 1966. Adaptation and natural selection (essay review). Science 152: 338—339. evolutionary biology theoretical biology

Keywords: adaptationnatural selection.


Lewontin, R.C. 1964. Selection in and of populations. In Moore, Ideas in Modern Biology, 299—311. ethology and sociobiology theoretical biology

Keywords: individual selectionpopulation selectionselectionism.


Lewontin, R.C. 1963. Models, mathematics, and metaphors. Synthese 15: 274—296. ethology and sociobiology philosophy of biology theoretical biology

Keywords: mathematical biologymetaphorsmodelling.


Lewontin, R.C. 1961. Evolution and the theory of games. Journal of Theoretical Biology 1: 382—403. ethology and sociobiology theoretical biology

Keyword: evolutionary game theory.


Lewontin, R.C./White, M.J.D. 1960. Interaction between inversion polymorphisms of two chromosome pairs in the grasshopper, moraba scurra. Evolution 14: 116—129. evolutionary biology

Keyword: inversion polymorphisms.

 

 

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