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Ashna Parajuli

Professor Thames

Philosophy 1301

March 13, 2019

Research Paper Proposal

For this paper, I have chosen to research the philosopher/scientist Charles

Darwin. For this research, we will begin with the case of Darwin's Darwinism as explain

in the book, The Origin of Species. As we use the term philosopher in today's world,

Charles Darwin was not considered a philosopher back then. However, he was often

portrayed as a philosopher throughout his lifetime. I have heard a lot about Charles

Darwin and his theory of evolution and would like to do detailed research on it. I have

always been interested in the idea of evolution and development since I was a kid. How

did everything start? Where did humans come from? The process of evolution amazed

me. Learning about the theories and findings of evolution written by him, it intrigued me

to find more about him. With the help of this research, I can learn more about his

theories, understand it and maybe even question it.

He was a philosophical liberal, pushing thoughts, ideas regarding human equity

and freedom, including the freedom to contemplate the presence of God and about the

origin of the world's creatures. He composed various exceptionally well-known works of

genetic history, in which he supported beliefs and perspectives about development. This

involved transformative hypotheses and considerations about the upward advancement

of living things from ancient time. The Origin of Species is a book written by Charles

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Darwin. In this book, he gave a hypothesis on how life started and created over time. A

creative theory and a compelling thesis supported by rigorously examined pieces of

evidence, it turned into the bible of evolution. This book mostly manages the evolution

process by subjective determination.

Even though researchers review the genetic selection as the essential component of

evolution, the most recent propelled discovery and religious faith makes me suspicious.

Along these lines, in this paper, I will dissect Darwinian advancement of development

and its relation to the origin of species.

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Sources (Reference)

 Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species. The Harvard Classics; v. 11. New York:

P.F. Collier & Son, 1909.

 Gaarder, Jostein. Sophie’s World. New York: FarrarStraussGiroux, 2007, pp 399-

422

 Hayden, Thomas. 2009. "What Darwin Didn't Know. (Cover story)." Smithsonian

39, no. 11:40- 48. Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed March

17,2019).

 Johnson, Phillip E. Darwin on Trial. Washington, D.C.: Lanham, MD: Regnery

Gateway;Distributed to the Trade by National Book Network,1991. Academic

Search Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed March 18,2019).

 Stevens, L. (1978). Charles Darwin. Boston, Mass: Twayne Publishers.

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Comment Summary Page 1

1. Do not use "we" unless there are two or more of you. Use "I." 2. No, he was and is not. He was aware, and everyone around him was very aware, that the science he was doing

had religious and philosophical implications. 3. Hm. This word in the 1850s meant more or less what the word "conservative" means today. But maybe you

mean something else--that he was cutting edge, or something? 4. How do you know this?

Page 2 5. Skip this paragraph. It is not needed in a proposal. 6. Suspicious of...what? or of whom?

Page 3 7. Do not use "Sources" or "References" but "Bibliography." 8. Take the bullet points out.