Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology.
Title:
Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology.
Author:
Richardson, Robert C.
ISBN:
9780262282376
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (227 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction: Man's Place in Nature -- 1 The Ambitions of Evolutionary Psychology -- 2 Reverse Engineering and Adaptation -- 3 The Dynamics of Adaptation -- 4 Recovering Evolutionary History -- 5 Idle Darwinizing -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology's explanations amount to speculation disguised as results.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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