Evolutionary thinking across disciplines : problems and perspectives in generalized Darwinism
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Evolutionary thinking across disciplines : problems and perspectives in generalized Darwinism
(Synthese library, v. 478)
Springer, c2023
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Other editors: Martina Valković, André Ariew, Hugh Desmond, Philippe Huneman, Thomas A. C. Reydon
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This volume aims to clarify the epistemic potential of applying evolutionary thinking outside biology, and provides a survey of the current state of the art in research on relevant topics in the life sciences, the philosophy of science, and the various areas of evolutionary research outside the life sciences. By bringing together chapters by evolutionary biologists, systematic biologists, philosophers of biology, philosophers of social science, complex systems modelers, psychologists, anthropologists, economists, linguists, historians, and educators, the volume examines evolutionary thinking within and outside the life sciences from a multidisciplinary perspective. While the chapters written by biologists and philosophers of science address theoretical aspects of the guiding questions and aims of the volume, the chapters written by researchers from the other areas approach them from the perspective of applying evolutionary thinking to non-biological phenomena. Taken together, the chapters in this volume do not only show how evolutionary thinking can be fruitfully applied in various areas of investigation, but also highlight numerous open problems, unanswered questions, and issues on which more clarity is needed. As such, the volume can serve as a starting point for future research on the application of evolutionary thinking across disciplines.
Table of Contents
1. Generalizing Darwinism as a Topic for Multidisciplinary Debate
Agathe du Crest, Martina Valkovic, Andre Ariew, Hugh Desmond, Philippe Huneman, and Thomas A. C. Reydon
Part I: How Can Disciplines Benefit from, or Contribute to, Evolutionary Frameworks?
2. Is a Non-Evolutionary Psychology Possible?
Daniel Nettle and Thom Scott-Phillips
3. Evolutionary Economics and the Theory of Cultural Evolution
Ulrich Witt
4. Repetition Without Replication: Notes Towards a Theory of Cultural Adaptation
Carsten Strathausen
5. The Epistemological and Ideological Stakes of Literary Darwinism
Alexandre Gefen
6. Evolutionary Aspects of Language Change
Johann-Mattis List
7. A Community Science Model for Inter-Disciplinary Evolution Education and School Improvement
Dustin Eirdosh and Susan Hanisch
8. Teaching for the Interdisciplinary Understanding of Evolutionary Concepts
Susan Hanisch and Dustin Eirdosh
Part II: Generalizations of Evolutionary Theory: Common Principles or Explanatory Structures?
9. From Games to Graphs. Evolving Networks in Cultural Evolution
Karim Baraghith
10. Metaphysics of Evolution: Ontology and Justification of Generalized Evolution Theory
Gerhard Schurz
11. Human Social Evolution via Four Coevolutionary Levels
Theodore Koditschek
Part III: Why Should We Be Skeptical of Generalizations of Darwinism?
12. Is Natural Selection Physical?
Sylvain Charlat, Thomas Heams, and Olivier Rivoire
13. The Risks of Evolutionary Explanation
H. Clark Barrett
14. Evolution and Ecology of Organizations and Markets
Randall E. Westgren
15. Pluralism and Epistemic Goals: Why the Social Sciences Will (Probably) not be Synthesised by Evolutionary Theory
Simon Lohse
16. Equations at an Exhibition: on the Cultural Price Equation
Tim Lewens
17. Unlike Agents: The Role of Correlation in Economics and Biology
Hannah Rubin
Part IV: How Can Evolutionary Approaches or the Target Field be Amended?
18. From the Modern Synthesis to the Inclusive Evolutionary Synthesis: An Einsteinian Revolution in Evolution
Etienne Danchin
19. Darwinian/Hennigian Systematics and Evo-Devo: the Missed Rendez-vous
Guillaume Lecointre
20. The Generalized Selective Environment
Hugh Desmond
21. Adding Agency to Tinbergen's Four Questions
Andre Ariew and Karthik Panchanathan
22. Cultural Evolution Research Needs to Include Human Behavioural Ecology
Alberto J. C. Micheletti, Eva Brandl, Hanzhi Zhang, Sarah Peacey, and Ruth Mace
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