Philip Kitcher, Human nature and belief, Wed 8 July
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Evolutionary Psychology and the Legacy of Sociobiology
Professor Philip Kitcher (Columbia University, New York City, USA) Summary: The human sociobiology of the 1970s and 1980s was, I have argued, characterised by overly speculative hypotheses about human nature and the evolution of human tendencies to behaviour. Evolutionary psychology is often alleged to represent a significantly different, and significantly improved, application of evolutionary thinking to the human mind. In this talk I argue that the differences between the two programmes are largely cosmetic, and that evolutionary psychology remains as problematic as its predecessor. |
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| Created: | 2009-10-15 14:47 |
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| Collection: | Darwin Festival 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | University of Cambridge, Darwin Festival 2009 |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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| Keywords: | Charles Darwin; Philip; Kitcher; Philosophy; of; science; human; nature; psychology; evolutionary; past; sociobiology; philosophy; mind; |
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| Abstract: | Biography: Philip Kitcher obtained his BA from Christ’s College,Cambridge, and his PhD from Princeton University, USA. The author of ten books and over 120 articles, he has been a President of the American Philosophical Association (Pacific Division) and Editor-in- Chief of Philosophy of Science. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was the first recipient of the Prometheus Prize, offered by the American Philosophical Association for Lifetime Achievement, in expanding the frontiers of science and philosophy.
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