How does Stephen J. Gould modify traditional Darwinian theory?

(94) Evolutionary development has not always been slow and gradual as Darwin claimed. Once species show up in the fossil record, they do not tend to develop gradually into something else, but are relatively stable in their basic features. Changes that lead to emergence of new species occur abruptly, by "saltations" or jumps.

This does not mean that Darwinism is essentially false, but that the picture of slow and gradual evolution must be modified to allow for more jerky changes. For Gould, the gradualism of early Darwinism was not essential to it; it was an accidental feature that can be given up without giving up what is right about Darwinian theory. *14.

What is George Mavrodes' "theistic" understanding of evolution? (94) Mavrodes maintains that it is possible to understand evolution as following "a divine direction at each crucial stage in the process in accordance with divine intention." He contrasts this with the usual "naturalistic" understanding, for which evolution can be ... more.

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