Sociobiology and epistemology
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Sociobiology and epistemology
(Synthese library, v. 180)
D. Reidel Pub. Co. , Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1985
- : hard
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Includes bibliographies and indexes
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The papers presented in this special collection focus upon conceptual, the oretical and epistemological aspects of sociobiology, an emerging discipline that deals with the extent to which genetic factors influence or control patterns of behavior as well as the extent to which patterns of behavior, in turn, influence or control genetic evolution. The Prologue advances a compre hensive acco/unt of the field of gene-culture co-evolution, where Lumsden and Gushurst differentiate between "classical" sociobiology (represented especially by Wilson's early work) and current research on human socio biology (represented by Lumsden and Wilson's later work), which emphasizes interplay between genes, minds, and culture. The specter of genetic deter minism, no doubt, has created considerable controversy, some of which may be laid to rest by Hanna's analysis of the (ambiguous) notion of a "genetic program", which indicates the necessity for distinguishing between descriptive and prescriptive dimensions of this complex concept. Brandon offers a framework for assessing the respective contributions of nature and of nurture by advancing a means for measuring genetic and cultural influences upon "inheritance", which supports the conclusion that evolving patterns of behavior do not always maximize inclusive fitness, contrary to what socio biologists have claimed. The influence of culture upon genetic evolution, of course, can be adequately appraised only when a suitable account of culture itself has been found, a desideratum Smillie attempts to satisfy by utilizing the notion of "cinfo" as culturally transmitted ecological informa tion, a resource other species tend not to exploit.
目次
Prologue.- Gene-Culture Coevolution: Humankind in the Making.- I. Sociobiological Conceptions.- Sociobiology and the Information Metaphor.- Phenotypic Plasticity, Cultural Transmission, and Human Sociobiology.- Sociobiology and Human Culture.- Evolutionary Biology, Human Nature, and Knowledge.- Love and Morality: The Possibility of Altruism.- II. Epistemological Reflections.- Biological Reductionism and Genic Selectionism.- Adaptationalist Imperatives and Panglossian Paradigms.- Methodological Behaviorism, Evolution, and Game Theory.- Sociobiological Explanation and the Testability of Sociobiological Theory.- Science and Sociobiology.- Epilogue.- Evolutionary Epistemology: Can Sociobiology Help?.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.
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