caa a22 4500 445854367 CHVBK 20180317145423.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00191-011-0235-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00191-011-0235-3 Can Darwinism be "Generalized” and of what use would this be? [Elektronische Daten] [Georgy Levit, Uwe Hossfeld, Ulrich Witt] It has been suggested that, by generalizing Darwinian principles, a common foundation can be derived for all scientific disciplines dealing with evolutionary processes, especially for evolutionary economics. We show, however, that in the development of evolutionary biology, the abstract principles of so-called "Generalized Darwinism” have not been crucial for distinguishing Darwinian from non-Darwinian approaches and, hence, cannot be considered genuinely Darwinian. Moreover, we wonder what can be gained by invoking the abstract principles of Generalized Darwinism given that they do not suffice to substantiate an explanation of actual evolutionary processes. To that end, specific hypotheses are required. They neither follow from the suggested abstract principles, nor are they more easily found on that basis. Accordingly, we find little evidence in the literature for the claim that generalized Darwinian principles enhance the explanatory power of an evolutionary approach to economics. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Darwinism nationallicence Evolution nationallicence Evolutionary economics nationallicence "Generalized Darwinism” nationallicence Variation nationallicence Selection nationallicence Retention nationallicence Levit Georgy University of King's College, Halifax, Canada aut Hossfeld Uwe AG Biodidactics, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany aut Witt Ulrich Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany aut Journal of Evolutionary Economics Springer-Verlag 21/4(2011-10-01), 545-562 0936-9937 21:4<545 2011 21 191 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00191-011-0235-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00191-011-0235-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Levit Georgy University of King's College, Halifax, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hossfeld Uwe AG Biodidactics, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Witt Ulrich Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Evolutionary Economics Springer-Verlag 21/4(2011-10-01), 545-562 0936-9937 21:4<545 2011 21 191 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer