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In the article “Malthus and the evolutionist,” Robert M. Young and other historians of science have created awareness of the difference that exists between their research and that of other historians. Both parties have identified negative attitude as an important problem that has always made them assume that non-scientific factors played an insignificant role in modeling the current scientific techniques. However with the historians of science and the other historians being separated, they argue that a strategy might be developed.
This is to customarily consider political and social issues in the scientific research. The barrier between the other disciplines of history and the history of science is broken by Malthus. Considering the influence that his theory had, Malthus linked the history of biology and history of socioeconomic theory.
This theory and its assumption about nature pre-existed in biological literature and it were a component of the then motion about natural theology which Darwin concentrated on (Young). Moreover, the difference between social and biological factors was based on the distinction between animals and man which evolutionary theory went on defining further.
In conclusion, Malthusianism played chief roles in a debate of social and biological ideas and was used as a reference in almost every issue of the Edinburgh. Malthus was among the unique science historian who gave all that he had concerning any given issue. Sadly according to the article by Robert Young in spite of those who came after Malthus noticing areas of un-proportionality in population growth and food they kept their views. They left the problem to be absorbed in the atmosphere of optimism. And those who manned up in accepting facts of the conflict they still placed it in a perspective which was optimistic.
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Young, Robert M. "MALTHUS AND THE EVOLUTIONISTS: THE COMMON CONTEXT OF BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL THEORY." Past and Present 43.1 (1969): 109-145. Print.
