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Does past selective efficacy matter to psychology?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Paul Sheldon Davies
Paul Sheldon Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 [email protected]
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Abstract

Andrews et al. subscribe to the view that distinguishing selectionist from nonselectionist hypotheses – or, distinguishing adaptations from mere spandrels or exaptations – is important to the study of psychology. I offer three reasons for thinking that this view is false; that considerations of past selective efficacy have little to contribute to inquiry in psychology.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , August 2002 , pp. 513 - 514
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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