Biogeografía y darwinismos social

Abstract

IN THIS PAPER DR. BOWLER TRIES TO ANSWER TO WHAT EXTENT SCIENCE IS INFLUENCED BY THE CULTURAL, POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL VALUES OF THE CONTEXT FROM WHICH IT EMERGES. TO DO SO HE EXPLORES THE WAYS IN WHICH THE FIRST GENERATION OF BIOGEOGRAPHERS TRIED TO EXPLAIN, THROUGH METAPHORS, THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE.