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Are rigorous evolutionary histories of human mating possible?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Harmon R. Holcomb
Harmon R. Holcomb
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0027 holcomb@pop.uky.edu
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Abstract

Critics of evolutionary psychology object that it is not rigorous science compared to other evolutionary science. Advocates reply that it is rigorous science, and that the critics are uninformed. Still, informed people having opposing preconceptions of what counts as rigor may reach opposing evaluative conclusions. I shall clarify the very idea of rigorous evolutionary histories in relation to the basic objection that “evolution without history” is not rigorous.

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Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2000 , pp. 606 - 607
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press

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