Revisiting the 'Origin of Species' focuses on Darwin as theorizing on the origin of variations; showing that Darwin himself was never a pan-selectionist (in contrast to some of his followers) but was concerned with "other means of modification" (which makes him an evolutionary pluralist).

Thierry Hoquet is Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy at Paris Nanterre University, France.

Introduction. The meanings of "Darwinism"

Part I. Darwin-the-Selectionist and beyond

Chapter 1. A labyrinthine Origin

Chapter 2. Diffracting Darwin's title- The prism of translations

Chapter 3. "One long argument"? Darwin-the-Selectionist

Part II. Darwin-the-Variationist

Chapter 4. Darwin-the-Epicurean. Chance and laws of variation.

Chapter 5. Darwin-the-Teleologist. Are all variations useful?

Chapter 6. Darwin-the-Lamarckian and the Other "Means of Modification"

Part III. Radical origins: Darwin-the-Cosmologist

Chapter 7. "Mystery of mysteries": the temptation of origin

Chapter 8. "Originally Breathed": or, on the Origin of Life

Chapter 9. "Light will be thrown": or, on the Origin of Mankind

Chapter 10. Darwin-the-Darwinist, Or the Quest for Systematic Coherency

Conclusion. Darwinisms, or Darwin Diffracted