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Friedrich Max Müller’s Approaches to the Darwinian Evolution

FRİEDRİCH MAX MÜLLER’İN DARWİNCİ EVRİM FİKRİNE YAKLAŞIMI

Pages
221–239
Publication Date
2012-06-01
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In this article, Friedrich Max Müller’s understanding of evolution will be tried to determine and his criticisms to the Darwinian idea of evolution will be discussed.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The theory of evolution has influenced on religious studies like as the other humanitarian sciences that was arised in XIX. century.
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Key Findings & Data:Besides, Friedrich Max Müller (1823–1900) who was the founder of the history of religions characterizes himself as an evolutionist.
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Conclusion & Impact:In this article, Friedrich Max Müller’s understanding of evolution will be tried to determine and his criticisms to the Darwinian idea of evolution will be discussed.
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⚙️Variables:Dinbilimleri (Dinler Tarihi) · Max Müller · Evrim

Abstract

The theory of evolution has influenced on religious studies like as the other humanitarian sciences that was arised in XIX. century. The history of religions that was established in those days has been approached to the religious material by the evolutionary viewpoint. Besides, Friedrich Max Müller (1823–1900) who was the founder of the history of religions characterizes himself as an evolutionist. To him religious story of human being began in a primitive stage and has grown up to todays modern religions day by day. Although Müller agrees with Darwin’s opinion that mankind has evolved from a primitive stage, he criticizes a few aspects of Darwinian theory of evolution that all living things has emerged from a single ancestor and human beings descended from apeAccording to him the idea of evolution was a reality that was known before Darwin. In addition the Darwinian theory of evolution is wrong in the idea of the fact that humanity descended from apes and the creation was accidentally occured. In this article, Friedrich Max Müller’s understanding of evolution will be tried to determine and his criticisms to the Darwinian idea of evolution will be discussed.

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Evrim teorisi, XIX. yüzyılda doğan diğer insan bilimlerini etkilediği gibi dinbilimlerini de etkilemiştir. Henüz kurulma aşamasında olan Dinler Tarihi, kendisiyle ilgili dini materyale evrimci bakış açısıyla yaklaşmıştır. Nitekim dinler tarihinin kurucusu olan Friedrich Max Müller (1823–1900), kendisini bir evrimci olarak niteler. Ona göre insanoğlunun dinî serüveni, ilkel bir aşamadan başlamış ve çağdan çağa büyüyerek günümüz modern dinlerine ulaşılmıştır. Müller, her ne kadar insanlığın ilkel bir başlangıçtan günümüze doğru tekâmül ettiği noktasında Charles Darwin’le (1809–1882) hemfikir olsa da onun, tüm canlıların tek bir atadan ortaya çıktığı ve insanın maymundan türemiş olduğu şeklindeki argümanlarını eleştirir. Müller’e göre evrim fikri, Darwin’den önce de bilinen bir hakikattir. Bunun yanında Darwinci evrim fikri, insanlığın maymundan türediği ve yaratılışın tesadüfen olduğu şeklindeki düşüncesinde hatalıdır. Makalede Friedrich Max Müller’in evrim anlayışı belirlenmeye çalışılacak ve onun Darwinci evrim fikrine yönelttiği eleştiriler ele alınacaktır.

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Karataş, İ. E. (2012). Friedrich Max Müller’s Approaches to the Darwinian Evolution. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 221–239. https://ajindex.com/articles/1232328

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