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  1. Desire, Marriage, and Overpopulation: The Sexual Lives of Insects in the Enlightenment (Tome 145, 7e Série, n°1-2, (2024)). [REVIEW]John Lidwell-Durnin & Vincent Roy-di Piazza - forthcoming - Revue de Synthèse:1-36.
    During the eighteenth century, the discovery of sexual reproduction in insect species prompted the demise of spontaneous generation and new developments in natural history, theology, and political economy. The sexual lives of insects prompted debates on whether insects were governed by desire, free will, and even marital tendency. Fuelled by the democratisation of microscopy, early modern entomology took a new turn and breadth: the study of insects and of their sexual lives provided unexpected new insights into human sexuality, reproduction, and (...)
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  • An externalist teleology.Gunnar Babcock & Daniel W. McShea - 2021 - Synthese 199 (3-4):8755-8780.
    Teleology has a complicated history in the biological sciences. Some have argued that Darwin’s theory has allowed biology to purge itself of teleological explanations. Others have been content to retain teleology and to treat it as metaphorical, or have sought to replace it with less problematic notions like teleonomy. And still others have tried to naturalize it in a way that distances it from the vitalism of the nineteenth century, focusing on the role that function plays in teleological explanation. No (...)
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  • Des souris et des hommes.Alaya Palamidis - 2019 - Kernos 32:191-236.
    De nombreuses sources antiques indiquent que l’épiclèse d’Apollon Smintheus, divinité honorée en Troade, provient du terme dialectal σμίνθος, qui désigne la souris. Des auteurs anciens ajoutent que des souris considérées comme sacrées sont élevées dans le sanctuaire. Or une nouvelle analyse de ces sources suggère qu’elles ne sont pas antérieures à l’époque hellénistique. Dans cet article sera proposée l’hypothèse d’une réinvention du culte du dieu à la suite de la découverte de l’étymologie supposée de l’épiclèse à cette époque. Dans un (...)
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