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