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Evolutionary theory and the riddle of the universe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2006

Denny Borsboom
Denny Borsboom*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018WBAmsterdam, The Netherlandshttp://users.fmg.uva.nl/dborsboom
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d.borsboom@uva.nl
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Abstract:

An effective restructuring of the social sciences around the evolutionary model requires that evolutionary theory has explanatory power with respect to the spread of cultural traits: The causal mechanisms involved should be structurally analogous to those of biological evolution. I argue that this is implausible because phenotypical consequences of cultural traits are not causally relevant to their chances of “survival.”

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , August 2006 , pp. 351
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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