{"id":133328,"date":"2011-10-17T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/?p=133328"},"modified":"2012-09-05T10:58:18","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T08:58:18","slug":"si-no-fuera-por-el-peso-de-la-autoridad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/2011\/10\/17\/133328","title":{"rendered":"El peso de la autoridad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/ch-metalcrafts.com\/images\/Sheriff-Stars-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>La confusi\u00f3n patente en los p\u00e1rrafos analizados de El Origen, la falta de menci\u00f3n\u00a0 a los autores de cuyo trabajo est\u00e1 hablando (Lamarck y Blyth, por ejemplo), o los argumentos de escaso rigor cient\u00edfico,\u00a0 hacen pensar en que Haughton sab\u00eda bien de que estaba hablando cuando dijo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This speculation of Mess. Darwin and Wallace would not be worthy of note were if not for the weight of authority of the names under whose auspices it has been brought forward. If it means what it says, it is a truism; if it means anything more, it is contrary to fact.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Esta especulaci\u00f3n de Mess.\u00a0 Darwin y Wallace no ser\u00eda digna de menci\u00f3n si no fuera por el peso de la autoridad de los nombres bajo cuyos auspicios se ha adelantado. Si significa lo que dice, es una verdad de Perogrullo, si es que significa algo m\u00e1s, es contraria a los hechos.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em>P\u00e1rrafo que generosamente pone a nuestra disposici\u00f3n el <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samuel_Haughton\">Diccionario de Neolengua en su entrada correspondiente a Haughton<\/a> y que recuerda mucho a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athro.com\/general\/atrans.html\">otro de Agassiz:<\/a><br \/>\n<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have for Darwin all the esteem which one has to have; I know the remarkable work that he has accomplished, as much in Paleontology as in Geology, and the earnest investigations for which our science is indebted. But I consider it a duty to persist in opposition to the doctrine that today carries his name. I indeed regard this doctrine as contrary to the true methods that Natural History must inspire, as pernicious, and as fatal to progress in this science. It is not that I hold Darwin himself responsible for these troublesome consequences. In the different works of his pen, he never made allusion to the importance that his ideas could have for the point of view of classification. It is his henchmen who took hold of his theories in order to transform zoological taxonomy. The different incarnations of that influence is felt on the general conceptions of Paleontology and more directly on those of Zoology; it is thus that Haeckel published on the whole of this science a substantial work, entierly grounded on Darwin&#8217;s theories. Therefore, before expressing an analysis Haeckel&#8217;s system, it is indispensable to present a consideration on the nature of the doctrine of the English naturalist.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"gt-res-content\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><em>Tengo toda la estima que uno tiene que tener por Darwin , y s\u00e9 la extraordinaria labor que ha realizado, tanto en paleontolog\u00eda como en geolog\u00eda y las investigaciones serias con que nuestra ciencia est\u00e1 en deuda.\u00a0 <strong>Pero considero que es un deber persistir en oposici\u00f3n a la doctrina que hoy lleva su nombre. Yo veo\u00a0 esta doctrina como contraria a los verdaderos m\u00e9todos que ha de inspirar la Historia Natural , como perniciosa, y como fatal para el progreso de esta ciencia<\/strong>. No es que tenga al\u00a0 mismo Darwin como responsable de estas problem\u00e1ticas consecuencias . En los diferentes trabajos de su pluma, nunca hizo alusi\u00f3n a la importancia de que sus ideas podr\u00edan tener para el punto de vista de la clasificaci\u00f3n. <strong>Se trata de sus secuaces, que se apoderaron de sus teor\u00edas con el fin de transformar la taxonom\u00eda zool\u00f3gica.<\/strong> Las diferentes encarnaciones de esa influencia se dejan sentir en las concepciones generales de la paleontolog\u00eda y de manera m\u00e1s directa en las de la Zoolog\u00eda, es as\u00ed como Haeckel public\u00f3 en el conjunto de esta ciencia una obra importante, enteramente basada en las teor\u00edas de Darwin. Por lo tanto, antes de expresar un sistema de an\u00e1lisis de Haeckel, es indispensable presentar una reflexi\u00f3n sobre la naturaleza de la doctrina del naturalista ingl\u00e9s.<\/em><\/div>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Imagen de Louis Agassiz tomada de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nceas.ucsb.edu\/~alroy\/lefa\/LAgassiz.html\">\u00e9sta p\u00e1gina<\/a> en la que se lee:<\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><em>\u00abI trust to outlive this mania\u00bb<\/em> (1867: in reference to Darwinism)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<h6 style=\"color: #cc9933;\"><strong>Blogalaxia:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/On+the+origin+of+species+by+natural+selection\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">On the origin of species by natural selection<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/The+survival+of+the+fittest+in+the+struggle+for+life\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">The survival of the fittest in the struggle for life<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/El+Origen+de+las+Especies+por+Selecci\u00f3n+Natural\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">El Origen de las Especies por Selecci\u00f3n Natural<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/La+Supervivencia+del+m\u00e1s+apto+en+la+lucha+por+la+existencia\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">La Supervivencia del m\u00e1s apto en la lucha por la existencia<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Comentarios+al+Origen+de+las+Especies\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Comentarios al Origen de las Especies<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Darwin\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Darwin<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Charles+Darwin\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Charles Darwin<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Eugenesia\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Eugenesia<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Biolog\u00eda\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Biolog\u00eda<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Evoluci\u00f3n\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Evoluci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Teor\u00eda\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Teor\u00eda<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Ciencia\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Ciencia<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Lenguaje\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Lenguaje<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Comentario+de+un+libro+de+Evoluci\u00f3n\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Comentario de un libro de Evoluci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Verdad+de+Perogrullo\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Verdad de Perogrullo<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Cr\u00edtica\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Cr\u00edtica<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogalaxia.com\/tags\/Tautolog\u00eda\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Tautolog\u00eda<\/span><\/a> ~ <strong>Technorati:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/On+the+origin+of+species+by+natural+selection\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">On the origin of species by natural selection<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/The+survival+of+the+fittest+in+the+struggle+for+life\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">The survival of the fittest in the struggle for life<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/El+Origen+de+las+Especies+por+Selecci\u00f3n+Natural\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">El Origen de las Especies por Selecci\u00f3n Natural<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/La+Supervivencia+del+m\u00e1s+apto+en+la+lucha+por+la+existencia\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">La Supervivencia del m\u00e1s apto en la lucha por la existencia<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Comentarios+al+Origen+de+las+Especies\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Comentarios al Origen de las Especies<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Darwin\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Darwin<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Charles+Darwin\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Charles Darwin<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Eugenesia\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Eugenesia<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Biolog\u00eda\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Biolog\u00eda<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Evoluci\u00f3n\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Evoluci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Teor\u00eda\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Teor\u00eda<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Ciencia\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Ciencia<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Lenguaje\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Lenguaje<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Comentario+de+un+libro+de+Evoluci\u00f3n\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Comentario de un libro de Evoluci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Verdad+de+Perogrullo\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Verdad de Perogrullo<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Cr\u00edtica\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Cr\u00edtica<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Tautolog\u00eda\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Tautolog\u00eda<\/span><\/a> ~ <strong>AgregaX:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=On+the+origin+of+species+by+natural+selection\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">On the origin of species by natural selection<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=The+survival+of+the+fittest+in+the+struggle+for+life\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">The survival of the fittest in the struggle for life<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=El+Origen+de+las+Especies+por+Selecci\u00f3n+Natural\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">El Origen de las Especies por Selecci\u00f3n Natural<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=La+Supervivencia+del+m\u00e1s+apto+en+la+lucha+por+la+existencia\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">La Supervivencia del m\u00e1s apto en la lucha por la existencia<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Comentarios+al+Origen+de+las+Especies\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Comentarios al Origen de las Especies<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Darwin\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Darwin<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Charles+Darwin\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Charles Darwin<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Eugenesia\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Eugenesia<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Biolog\u00eda\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Biolog\u00eda<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Evoluci\u00f3n\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Evoluci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Teor\u00eda\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Teor\u00eda<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Ciencia\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Ciencia<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Lenguaje\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Lenguaje<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Comentario+de+un+libro+de+Evoluci\u00f3n\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Comentario de un libro de Evoluci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Verdad+de+Perogrullo\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Verdad de Perogrullo<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Cr\u00edtica\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Cr\u00edtica<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agregax.es\/etiquetas\/?q=Tautolog\u00eda\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #999999;\">Tautolog\u00eda<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; La confusi\u00f3n patente en los p\u00e1rrafos analizados de El Origen, la falta de menci\u00f3n\u00a0 a los autores de cuyo trabajo est\u00e1 hablando (Lamarck y Blyth, por ejemplo), o los argumentos de escaso rigor cient\u00edfico,\u00a0 hacen pensar en que Haughton sab\u00eda bien de que estaba hablando cuando dijo: &nbsp; This speculation of Mess. Darwin and Wallace would not be worthy of note were if not for the weight of authority of the names under whose auspices it has been brought forward. If it means what it says, it is a truism; if it means anything more, it is contrary to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[467,14313,6711,1,505],"tags":[22773],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":4}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133328"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135280,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133328\/revisions\/135280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}