van Wyhe John
National University of Singapore, 4 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
Stud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci. 2016 Dec;60:56-66. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2016.09.004. Epub 2016 Oct 6.
This article examines six main elements in the modern story of the impact of Alfred Russel Wallace's 1855 Sarawak Law paper, particularly in the many accounts of Charles Darwin's life and work. These elements are: Each of these are very frequently repeated as straightforward facts in the popular and scholarly literature. It is here argued that each of these is erroneous and that the role of the Sarawak Law paper in the historiography of Darwin and Wallace needs to be revised.
本文探讨了阿尔弗雷德·拉塞尔·华莱士1855年发表的《砂拉越定律》论文所产生影响的现代故事中的六个主要元素，特别是在众多关于查尔斯·达尔文生平与著作的叙述中。这些元素如下：在通俗文学和学术文献中，每一个元素都经常被当作直接事实反复提及。本文认为，这些元素都是错误的，《砂拉越定律》论文在达尔文和华莱士历史编纂中的作用需要重新审视。
