Year: 1910
Type: book
Abstract: But it contained the germ of de Vries's intracellular pangenesis, the direct progenitor of the mutationtheory.It was primarily because of this genetic rela- tionship, together with the masterful way in which the hypothesis is developed, and the accompanying wealth of illustration, that the little German volume, here done into English, was deemed worthy of translation at the present time.As those who have followed the more recent liter- ature of theoretical biology well know, Delage has argued against accepting any of the micromeric theories of the structure of protoplasm.His argument is based upon the idea that, by the law of probabilities, no one can ever, by pure imagination, correctly conceive of the ultimate structure of protoplasm in detail.Kellogg^cites this criticism of Delage as ''a sufficient reason against accepting any one of these highly developed theories of the structural and functional capacity of invisible life units."Possibly this is correct, but that depends upon what the given hypothesis is to be accepted for.Of course no unverified hypothesis should be accepted for truth.
Authors: Hugo de Vries, C. Stuart Gager
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W383895586