Title: RANDOM AND ARBITRARY CONTINGENCIES IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [3] – THE BASIS OF NATURAL SELECTION IN DARWINIAN THEORY OF EVOLUTION
Authors: Yeuncheol Jeong
Abstract:

According to Lamarck’s use and disuse theory, the biological evolution has a definite purpose and direction. However, Darwinian concept of mutation as well as natural selection is solely based on random and arbitrary pure chance. This random and arbitrary contingency becomes the primary cornerstone for all modern biological sciences.

Keywords: Lamarck’s use/disuse theory, mutation, natural selection, teleology, final cause, randomness, Mendel’s genetics, Darwinism, pure chance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52267/IJASER.2026.7312
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Date of Publication: 14-06-2026
Published Issue & Volume: Vol 7 Issue 3 May-June 2026