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Can Evolutionary Theory Explain the Existence of Consciousness? A Review of Humphrey, N. (2010) Soul Dust: The Magic of Consciousness. London: Quercus, ISBN 9781849162371
evolutionary theory, evolution, consciousness illusion Humphrey Darwin Dawkins reproductive fitness science
2015/7/14
This review summarises why it is difficult for Darwinian evolutionary theory to explain the existence and function of consciousness. It then evaluates whether Humphrey's book Soul Dust overcomes these...
Is suicide terrorism really the product of an evolved sacrificial tendency? A review of mammalian research and application of evolutionary theory
suicide terrorism really product evolved sacrificial tendency review mammalian research application evolutionary theory
2016/3/17
Academic debates persist about the psychology of suicide terrorists, with one view being that they are psychologically healthy individuals who primarily engage in altruistic self-sacrifice to serve th...
Prediction in Selectionist Evolutionary Theory
Prediction Evolutionary Theory Explanatory Unification Fitting
2009/9/8
Selectionist evolutionary theory has often been faulted for not making novel predictions that are surprising, risky, and correct. I argue that it in fact exhibits the theoretical virtue of predictive ...
Evolutionary Theory in the 1920s: The Nature of the 'Synthesis'
evolutionary theory Fisher Haldane
2008/4/11
This paper analyzes the development of evolutionary theory in the period from 1918 to 1932. It argues that: (i) Fisher’s work in 1918 constitutes a not fully satisfactory reduction of biometry to Mend...
Evolutionary theory in philosophical focus
Natural selection Tree of life Units of selection
2008/4/11
This chapter surveys the philosophical problems raised by the two Darwinian claims of the existence of a Tree of a life, and the explanatory power of natural selection. It explores the specificity of ...