# Remy Chauvin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Remy_Chauvin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Remy_Chauvin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_Chauvin > Source revision: 1260338084 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|French biologist and entomologist}} [[File:Brune François prêtre 19940326 04 Chauvin Rémy professeur 01.png|thumb|March 26, 1994: [Father François Brune](/source/Father_Fran%C3%A7ois_Brune) & Professor Rémy Chauvin, having a lunch, during the first international congress dedicated to the so-called ''[instrumental transcommunication](/source/instrumental_transcommunication)'' — also known as ''[electronic voice phenomenon](/source/electronic_voice_phenomenon)'' — held in [Versailles](/source/Versailles_(city)), [France](/source/France), on March 26 & 27, 1994.]] '''Remy Chauvin''' (10 October 1913 – 8 December 2009) at [Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines](/source/Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines), [Haut-Rhin](/source/Haut-Rhin), was a [biologist](/source/biologist) and [entomologist](/source/entomologist), and a [French](/source/French_people) [Honorary](/source/honorary_professor) [Professor Emeritus](/source/Professor_Emeritus) at the [Sorbonne](/source/University_of_Paris), [PhD](/source/PhD), and a senior research fellow since 1946. Chauvin was also known for defending the rights of [animal](/source/animal)s and for being interested in such topics as [parapsychology](/source/parapsychology), [life after death](/source/life_after_death), [psychics](/source/psychics), [clairvoyance](/source/clairvoyance) and [UFOs](/source/UFOs).Lewis Spence, Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, 1920, p. 159 He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym '''Pierre Duval'''. == Evolution == Chauvin, continuing a tradition defended by French scientists [Pierre-Paul Grassé](/source/Pierre-Paul_Grass%C3%A9) and [Jean Piveteau](/source/Jean_Piveteau), was very critical of [Darwinism](/source/Darwinism) and [sociobiology](/source/sociobiology). He developed his own evolutionary theory which was described in three books (God of the ants, God of the stars; The Biology of the Spirit; Darwinism or the death of a myth)[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.biblisem.net/historia/chaudarw.htm&ei=EOTOTa7jB8Ko8QO7pYSEDg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CF4Q7gEwBg&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRemy%2BChauvin%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG%26biw%3D1362%26bih%3D627%26prmd%3Divnso "Summary of Chauvin's evolutionary views"] Chauvin's view of evolution can be seen as directed, goal driven and non-random. He has been described as a non-darwinian evolutionist.{{cite web |url=http://www.metanexus.net/conference2005/pdf/staune.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-05-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706080226/http://www.metanexus.net/conference2005/pdf/staune.pdf |archivedate=2010-07-06 }} The following is a summary of his evolutionary views: * [Neo-Darwinism](/source/Neo-Darwinism) is a set of tautologies (e.g. natural selection ''predicts'' the survival of the fittest. But who is the fittest? Whoever survives!). * Life is characterized by an immense adaptability to extensive changes in environments. * The narrowness of the adaptation is death (e.g. a panda eats only bamboo). * Alongside a complicated device, you can often find one nearby that is simpler and apparently works as well. * Evolution looks at the goal and not the means. * The environment is selective in only a very small number of cases. * Evolution is directed. It is an internal program that runs and does not return. The goal seems to be the highest possible psyche. Similar to the [parapsychologist](/source/parapsychologist) [Helmut Schmidt](/source/Helmut_Schmidt_(parapsychologist)) Chauvin developed some of his views from his experiments in Anpsi ([animal](/source/animal) [psi](/source/psi_(parapsychology))). He did experiments with rats and his results indicated that the rats could have been using [Extrasensory perception](/source/Extrasensory_perception).Shivesh C Thakur, Philosophy and Psychical Research, Volume 15, 2004 pp. 167 – 168 Chauvin has been the subject of much criticism from others because it would appear his views of [evolution](/source/evolution) have a [vitalist](/source/vitalist) leaning. He was also accused by his critics of wanting to strengthen [creationism](/source/creationism), although Chauvin was not a creationist. Chauvin wrote a number of books on [parapsychology](/source/parapsychology)John Beloff, Parapsychology: A Concise History, 1997 p. 155 that were similar to books by the authors [Jacques Bergier](/source/Jacques_Bergier) and [Louis Pauwels](/source/Louis_Pauwels). == Published works by Chauvin == Most of Chauvin's works have been published in French. The translations into English are listed here: * The life of the insect and physiology, ed. Lechevalier, 1941, repr. 1983 * What you should know about the life of the insect physiology and biology, ed. Lechevalier, 1943 * Treaty of Insect Physiology: the major functions, behavior, environmental physiology, ed. INRA, 1949, repr. 1958 * Five years of operation of the station Bee Research Bures-sur-Yvette, ed. INRA, 1954 * Life and habits of insects, ed. Payot, 1956 * Bee biology. General review until 1956, ed. INRA, vol. 1, 1958 * God of scholars, the experience of God, ed. Mame, 1958 * Social behavior in animals, ed. PUF, 1961 * Animal societies, from bee to gorilla, ed. Plon, 1963 * Fighting techniques in animals, ed. Hachette, coll. The Adventure of Life, 1965 * Our unknown powers (under the pseudonym Pierre Duval, Jacques + Bergier), ed. Planet (Planet Encyclopedia coll.), 1966, repr. CGR (and revised), 1997 * The world of insects, ed. Hachette, 1967 * Behavior (+ Canestrelli L.), ed. Masson, 1968, ed. PUF, 1968 * The world of ants, ed. Plon, 1969, repr. du Rocher 1994, supplemented * Science to the strange (under the pseudonym Pierre Duval), ed. Club of Friends of the Book (CAL – al. Library of irrationality and of the great mysteries), 1973 * Attachment (+ Anzieu D.), ed. Oxford University Press, 1974 * Ethology, biological study of animal behavior, ed. PUF, 1975 * Gifted, ed. Stock, 1975 repr. Marabout, 1979 * From the heart, ed. Retz, 1976 * Some things I do not understand, ed. CELT, 1976, repr. Famot, 1982 (revised edition of "Science at the strange") * The bees and I, ed. Hachette, 1976 * The animal world and its complex behaviors (+ Bernadette Chauvin), ed. Plon, 1977 * The challenges of future war, ed. France-Empire, 1978 * Ants and Men, ed. France-Empire, 1979 * The synod of the faithful, ed. Vernoy, 1979 * Secrets of portolans (maps of the unknown), ed. France-Empire, 1980 * Parapsychology. When the irrational joined Science, ed. Hachette, 1980 * Scholars, for what?, Ed. Payot, 1981 * Plot in our church, ed. du Rocher, 1981 (idem "The Synod of the faithful", less the introduction, plus an afterword and a conclusion) * The animal model (+ Bernadette Chauvin), ed. Hachette, 1982 * Animal societies, ed. PUF, 1982, repr. Quadriga / PUF, 1999 * Travel Overseas Land, ed. du Rocher, 1983 * The watchmen of the time, ed. du Rocher, 1984 * Animal societies and human societies, 1984, PUF, coll. " What do I know? "No. 696 (note: QSJ with same title and same number, by Paul Chauchard) * The biology of mind, ed. du Rocher, 1985 * The hive and man, ed. Calmann-Lévy, 1987 * God of the ants, the god of the stars, ed. The Pre Clerics, 1988 * The direction of life and the genesis of thought, ed. François-Xavier de Guibert, 1989, repr. EYE 1998 * Animals and men, ed. Seghers, 1989 * The animal instinct, ed. Contrasts / The zeitgeist, 1990 (first part of Charles Darwin, 1884) * A strange passion, a life for insects, ed. The Pre Clerics, 1990 * Psychological function, ed. Robert Laffont, 1991 * The conquerors blind, science threatens us does?, Ed. Robert Laffont, 1992 * The new Golem, ed. du Rocher, 1993 * Live from the afterlife (in collaboration with Father Francis Brown ), ed. Robert Laffont, 1993 * The world of ants, ed. du Rocher, 1994 * God's future, about a man of science, ed. du Rocher, 1995 * Bird World, ed. the Rock 1996 * Darwinism or the end of a myth, al. "The Spirit and Matter", ed. du Rocher, 1997 * Handbook of Psychophysiology, ed. Masson, 1997 * Listening to the beyond (+ father F. Brown), ed. Lebeaud, 1999 (fitness "Live from the Beyond") * The devil in the font, ed. du Rocher, 1999 * The riddle of the bees, ed. du Rocher, 1999 * The man, monkey and bird, ed. Odile Jacob, 2000 * The paranormal in the Third Millennium, ed. JM Laffont – LPM, 2001 * The ball of bees, Volume 1, ed. of Goral, 2001 (Cartoon, RC scenario, drawings by Patrice Serres * The return of the magicians, the alarm of a scientist, ed. JMG, 2002 * The ball of bees, Volume 2 "The fragrance of coffee," ed. of Goral, 2002 (planned trilogy) == See also == * [Richard Milton](/source/Richard_Milton_(author)) * [Extrasensory perception](/source/Extrasensory_perception) * [Telepathy](/source/Telepathy) * [Paranormal](/source/Paranormal) * [Vitalism](/source/Vitalism) == References == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chauvin, Remy}} Category:French entomologists Category:French parapsychologists Category:1913 births Category:2009 deaths Category:20th-century French zoologists Category:University of Paris alumni Category:Academic staff of the University of Paris --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Remy Chauvin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_Chauvin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_Chauvin?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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