Analytical Outline

ANALYTICAL OUTLINE PART I (January, 1969) PREFATORY REMARKS (Concerning the Problem of Evolution as an Illustration of the Historical Conflict Between Modern Science and Traditional Philosophy)- p. 75 I. THE STATE OF THE QUESTION A. Incommensurability of the Species Problematic of Modern Science with that of Traditional Philosophy- p. 76 B. Textual Illustrations of this Incommensurability- p. 76 I. Texts respecting the problem of species as posed by traditional philosophy- p. 77 2. Texts respecting the problem of species as posed by modern science- p. 77 C. Statement of the Properties of the Notion of Species Enter~ tained by Traditional Philosophy - p. 79 I. Relation of the philosophical notion of species to the problem of inductive verification- p. 82 2. Relation of the philosophical notion of species to a notion of hierarchy in nature- p. 83 D. Statement of the Properties of the Notion of Species Entertained by Modern Science- p. 84 I. Relation of the scientific notion of species to the problem of inductive verification - p. 86 2. Relation of the scientific notion of species to a notion of hierarchy in nature- p. 87 E. Contrast of the Consequences of the Two Notions of Speciesp . 89 I. With respect to hierarchy in nature - p. 89 2. With respect to the formal determinateness of specific distinction -p. 89 F. Statement of the Problem of Assessing the Implications which the Scientific Notion of Species has for the Philosophical Notion, and Vice Versa- p. 90 II. APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM A. The Methodological or " Logical " Dimension of the Problem p . 90 336 PHILOSOPHICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES 337 B. The Analytical or " Categoreal " Dimension of the Problemp . 91 1. In terms of modern genetics and ecology- p. 91 2. In terms of essence and existence- p. 92 3. In terms of the necessary proportion between cause and effect - p. 92 C. The Physico-Mathematical or " Empiriological " Dimension of the Problem - p. 93 III. THE LOGICAL OF RATIONAL UNDERSTANDING A. The Alternative Approaches to the Problem of Understanding Nature- p. 93 B. The Notion of Methodological Behaviorism and Its Bearing on the Problem at Hand- p. 94 C. The Necessary Steps of "Methodological Behaviorism "- p. 95 1. The sequence of investigative questions - p. 95 2. The nature of explanation- p. 96 a. The notion of factorial analysis - p. 97 b. The correlation of structure and function- p. 99 c. The role of the principle of parsimony- p. 99 D. Statement of the Import of the Concept of Methodological Behaviorism on the Definitions of Science and Philosophy- p. 100 E. "Methodological Behaviorism " as the Form of Rational Understanding - p. 101 IV. THE FRAMEWORK OF EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE A. Statement of Expectations Generated by the Notion of Methodological Behaviorism- p. 102 B. Verification of Expectations- p. 103 1. Respecting the history of evolutionary science viewed in terms of the four scientific questions- p. 103 2. Respecting the contemporary organization of evolutionary research in terms of the four causes- p. 104 C. Resolution of Difficulties- p. 107 I. Difficulties arising from the meanings of terms- p. 107 2. Difficulties arising from the focus of evolutionary studies on populations rather than on individuals as such- p. 108 a. The two anti-chance factors in evolution- p. 110 b. The lability of populations presupposes the stability of individuals- p. 111 D. Consideration of the Sense in which Evolutionary Studies Meet the Ancient Requirement that Science is of the Necessaryp . 112 338 JOHN N. DEELY 1. The " quasi-syllogistic" leading to the idea of evolutionary or " natural " selection- p. llQ Q. Digression on the historic:al conflict between modern science and traditional philosophy over the permanence of speciesp . 118 8. Diagram of evolutionary studies as constituting knowledge of a reasoned fact, or science in the classical sense - p. 1Q7 4. Evolution as a transcendental property of the interaction situation - p. IQ8 V. SPECIFIC STRUCTURES IN AN EVOLVING WORLD A. The Noetic Aspect of the Darwinian Revolution- p. 180 B. The Ontological Aspect of the Darwinian Revolution- p. 18Q 1. The " family quarrel " between Linnaeus and Darwin over the fixity of forms - p. 188 Q. The problem of the criterion of metalogical species statusp . 184 8. Realistic vs. subjectivistic...