Introduction
Darwinism or a kaleidoscope of research programs and ideas?
pp. 1-8
in: Richard G. Delisle (ed), The Darwinian tradition in context, Berlin, Springer, 2017Abstract
The Preface to this volume has provided an exposition of the project, the rationale for the order of presentation of the papers, and a brief description of each paper. In this introductory chapter, I would like to embrace a more personal view about what seems to have emerged in this research area with the assistance of insights provided by some of the contributions included here.