Human Nature, Political Behavior, and Making Sense of Our Social
... psychology - that breaks down existing stereotypes about the evolutionary sciences. I specifically hope to present a version of evolutionary psychology that deadens the ever-present critique that evolutionary theory does not account for the influence and importance of culture. I argue that we are so ...
... psychology - that breaks down existing stereotypes about the evolutionary sciences. I specifically hope to present a version of evolutionary psychology that deadens the ever-present critique that evolutionary theory does not account for the influence and importance of culture. I argue that we are so ...
Integrating Ecology and Evolution: Niche Construction and
... members have properties that vary within each generation and can change between generations, the population ecologist sees a collection of interchangeable individuals, whose common and unchanging features play out against the background of a (possibly changing) environment to produce, and explain, t ...
... members have properties that vary within each generation and can change between generations, the population ecologist sees a collection of interchangeable individuals, whose common and unchanging features play out against the background of a (possibly changing) environment to produce, and explain, t ...
Matters of LIfe and Death
... itself en masse. Nor can group selection explain the seemingly selfless behaviour that underpins much social organisation. In a population containing altruistic individuals that make sacrifices for the good of the group or species, selfish mutants thrive at the altruists’ expense until only selfishn ...
... itself en masse. Nor can group selection explain the seemingly selfless behaviour that underpins much social organisation. In a population containing altruistic individuals that make sacrifices for the good of the group or species, selfish mutants thrive at the altruists’ expense until only selfishn ...
- Philsci
... organisms in that population have this trait? In other words, I take it for granted that we know the selection process, and we want to tell why certain organisms have the traits they have. I would like to narrow down the question even further and focus on whether cumulative selection can play a role ...
... organisms in that population have this trait? In other words, I take it for granted that we know the selection process, and we want to tell why certain organisms have the traits they have. I would like to narrow down the question even further and focus on whether cumulative selection can play a role ...
Frozen cultural plasticity
... One critique of cultural evolutionary hypotheses generally is that transmitted culture, if it exists, lacks the properties to evolve in a Darwinian fashion at all, much less at the group level (Brown & Richerson 2014; Pinker 2012; Tooby 2014; Tooby & Cosmides 1992). The objection of some evolutionar ...
... One critique of cultural evolutionary hypotheses generally is that transmitted culture, if it exists, lacks the properties to evolve in a Darwinian fashion at all, much less at the group level (Brown & Richerson 2014; Pinker 2012; Tooby 2014; Tooby & Cosmides 1992). The objection of some evolutionar ...
Cultural group selection plays an essential role in explaining human
... One critique of cultural evolutionary hypotheses generally is that transmitted culture, if it exists, lacks the properties to evolve in a Darwinian fashion at all, much less at the group level (Brown & Richerson 2014; Pinker 2012; Tooby 2014; Tooby & Cosmides 1992). The objection of some evolutionar ...
... One critique of cultural evolutionary hypotheses generally is that transmitted culture, if it exists, lacks the properties to evolve in a Darwinian fashion at all, much less at the group level (Brown & Richerson 2014; Pinker 2012; Tooby 2014; Tooby & Cosmides 1992). The objection of some evolutionar ...
Closed
... probability of each color of block being chosen from a bucket. He says P(red) = 35%, P(blue) = 45%, and P(yellow) = 20%. Jarod uses theoretical probability because he knows how many of each color block is in the bucket. He says P(red) = 45%, P(blue) = 35%, and P(yellow) = 20%. On Bailey’s turn, he p ...
... probability of each color of block being chosen from a bucket. He says P(red) = 35%, P(blue) = 45%, and P(yellow) = 20%. Jarod uses theoretical probability because he knows how many of each color block is in the bucket. He says P(red) = 45%, P(blue) = 35%, and P(yellow) = 20%. On Bailey’s turn, he p ...
The Power of Memes
... date. More specifically, the difference between animal and human memes may be quantitative rather than qualitative. Memeticists may well take hold of the idea that animal memes are real and use this to bolster the claim that memes truly are a universally important force in evolution. But if memes do ...
... date. More specifically, the difference between animal and human memes may be quantitative rather than qualitative. Memeticists may well take hold of the idea that animal memes are real and use this to bolster the claim that memes truly are a universally important force in evolution. But if memes do ...
symmetry and beauty in the living world
... leaves behind more children (who propagate the trait in their turn) than the average member of the population. Such an individual is said to be more ‘fit’ than others. It is in this sense – and this sense only – that natural selection is also referred to as ‘survival of the fittest’. Sometimes the t ...
... leaves behind more children (who propagate the trait in their turn) than the average member of the population. Such an individual is said to be more ‘fit’ than others. It is in this sense – and this sense only – that natural selection is also referred to as ‘survival of the fittest’. Sometimes the t ...
- ePublications@bond
... sumed. In our story, the common knowledge of the gestures cannot be true since the two people attached di¤erent meanings to them. Shinzuki: Isn’t the common knowledge of the gestures true? Huhm..., I think your reasoning may be correct, but your conclusion is not true. The objects of common knowled ...
... sumed. In our story, the common knowledge of the gestures cannot be true since the two people attached di¤erent meanings to them. Shinzuki: Isn’t the common knowledge of the gestures true? Huhm..., I think your reasoning may be correct, but your conclusion is not true. The objects of common knowled ...
Adaptations, Exaptations, and Spandrels
... It also provided for the first time a scientific theory to account for the exquisite design and functional nature of the component parts of each of these species. In its modern formulation, the evolutionary process of natural selection has been refined in the form of inclusive fitness theory (Hamilt ...
... It also provided for the first time a scientific theory to account for the exquisite design and functional nature of the component parts of each of these species. In its modern formulation, the evolutionary process of natural selection has been refined in the form of inclusive fitness theory (Hamilt ...
On evolutionary causes and evolutionary processes
... the high sulphur concentrations, or endure the extreme temperatures, and hence could not adapt to volcanoes. Such limitations are far from implausible – indeed they are inevitable: all organisms have their physiological tolerances, and cannot survive outside their fundamental niche, and likewise all ...
... the high sulphur concentrations, or endure the extreme temperatures, and hence could not adapt to volcanoes. Such limitations are far from implausible – indeed they are inevitable: all organisms have their physiological tolerances, and cannot survive outside their fundamental niche, and likewise all ...
Philosophy of Biology
... worked fruitfully with scientists, and many of the issues in philosophy of biology belong in a zone somewhere between philosophy and science. Indeed, there is no clear boundary between philosophy of biology and theoretical biology. Richard Dawkins considers his book The Extended Phenotype (1982) to ...
... worked fruitfully with scientists, and many of the issues in philosophy of biology belong in a zone somewhere between philosophy and science. Indeed, there is no clear boundary between philosophy of biology and theoretical biology. Richard Dawkins considers his book The Extended Phenotype (1982) to ...
