You could read hundreds of pages of Darwin’s work and easily come to the conclusion that he was a geologist. But a different selection of readings would convince you he was a biologist. In truth, he was neither and both. I’m giving a talk for the Humanists of Minnesota this weekend that will explore what Darwin really was: An experimentalist, a part time anthropologist, a natural historian and most impressively, an integrative thinker of the likes rarely to be seen again for a century after he lived. My talk will draw heavily on Darwin’s own work and provide a sampling of some of his more interesting and compelling findings.
The talk will be at the Nokomis Community Center, on Saturday, February 18th, at 10:00 AM
More details here. See you there!
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He was a scientist before we needed specializations.
Sometimes I think we need more of that today.
I think the term of art back in the day was Naturalist. I like your phrase “an integrative thinker” because I think that sums him the best.