...proportional with it forever," appears to contain the germ of Herbert Spencer's developed formula : " Evolution is a change from an indefinite, incoherent...homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity through continuous differentiations and integrations."28 Noteworthy, also, is Poe's statement of the correlation...

...is evolution, and how have this new name and notion arisen? Evolution has been defined by one as " a change from an indefinite incoherent homogeneity to a definite coherent heterogeneity through continuous differentiations and integrations " which another has translated, " a change from a nohowish...

..."descent with modification" (Gould, 1977, pp. 28-32). It was Spencer who first used evolution to mean "a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity; through continuous differentiations and integrations" (Spencer, 1865, quoted in Gould, 1977, p. 31).' The term...

...place organic evolution. We can do no better than to cite Herbert Spencer's summary of this model: evolution is "a change from an indefinite, incoherent...homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity through continuous differentiations and integrations" (1862). In 1870 he wrote of "the instability of the homogeneous."...

...mathematician (Kirkman) who made the following exquisite translation of a well-known definition : — " Evolution is a change from an indefinite, incoherent,...homogeneity to a definite, coherent, heterogeneity, through continuous differentiations and integrations." [Translation into plain English.'] "Evolution is a change...

...and special' (quoted in Mayr, 1982, p. 473). Accordingly, Spencer (1892, p. 10) defined evolution as 'a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity, to a definite, coherent heterogeneity through continuous differentiations'. Evolution, for Spencer, involves progress; he argued that complexity...

...combination of differentiation and integration. Accordingly, Spencer (1892, 10) defined evolution as "a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity, to a definite, coherent heterogeneity through continuous differentiations." Such Spencerian ideas have frequently recurred, well into the twentieth...

...combination of differentiation and integration. Accordingly, Spencer (1892, p. 10) defined evolution as 'a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity, to a definite, coherent heterogeneity through continuous differentiations'. Such Spencerian ideas have frequently recurred, well into the twentieth...

...ADDENDUM Herbert Spencer's definition of evolution, given in his First Principles, went like this: "Evolution is a change from an indefinite, incoherent,...homogeneity to a definite, coherent, heterogeneity, through continuous differentions 10 and integrations." Kirkman's travesty appeared in his Philosophy Without...

...biological interpretation, yet which retains the main idea of evolution as pronounced by Herbert Spencer, 'Evolution is a change from an indefinite, incoherent...homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity through continuous integration and differentiation.' Such an approach, for example, would be Dumas' notion...