Rethinking Evolutionary Psychology [electronic resource] /
Goldfinch, A.author.
Rethinking Evolutionary Psychology identifies, champions and vindicates a streamlined evolutionary psychology. It offers a new way of thinking that moves decisively away from theoretical and critical excess. Where standard accounts often obscure and distort, this book emphasizes and develops evolutionary psychology's heuristic credentials.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Evolutionary Psychology as a Paradigm; 1.0 Introduction; 1.1 Natural Selection and Adaptation; 1.2 The Possibility of Psychological Adaptations; 1.3 Empirical Adaptationism; 1.4 Inference from Empirical Adaptationism to Massive Modularity; 1.5 Methodological Adaptationism; 1.6 Metatheory for Psychology; 1.7 Public Policy Agenda; 1.8 Conclusion; 2 Subverting the Paradigm; 2.0 Introduction; 2.1 Levels of Selection; 2.2 Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness; 2.3 Behavioural Flexibility; 2.4 Developmental Complexity and Robustness
2.5 Psychological Adaptations as Modules2.6 The Failure to Infer Massive Modularity from Empirical Adaptationism; 2.7 Methodological Objections; 2.8 Metatheory or Marketing?; 2.9 Policy and Popularisation Dangers; 2.10 Conclusion; 3 Evolutionary Psychology and Novel Predictions; 3.0 Introduction; 3.1 Heuristics in Science; 3.2 Heuristics in Evolutionary Psychology; 3.3 The Two Research Strategies in Tandem; 3.4 Heuristics for Identifying Adaptive Problems; 3.5 Heuristics for Identifying Adaptive Solutions; 3.6 Testing Predictions; 3.7 Methodological Challenges Revisited; 3.8 Conclusion
4 Reframing Evolutionary Psychology as a Heuristic Programme4.0 Introduction; 4.1 Streamlining Evolutionary Psychology; 4.2 The Challenge of Adaptationist Explanation Revisited; 4.3 Evolutionary Psychology in the Evolutionary and Behavioural Sciences; 4.4 Conclusion; 5 Restructuring the Debate; 5.0 Introduction; 5.1 Focusing on Explanation: The Fundamental Interpretative Mistake; 5.2 Towards a Streamlined Evolutionary Psychology; 5.3 A New Subversion; 5.4 The Need for Evolutionary Psychology as a Heuristic Project; 5.5 Conclusion; Conclusions; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rethinking Evolutionary Psychology identifies, champions and vindicates a streamlined evolutionary psychology. It offers a new way of thinking that moves decisively away from theoretical and critical excess. Where standard accounts often obscure and distort, this book emphasizes and develops evolutionary psychology's heuristic credentials.
Philosophy and science.
Philosophy of mind.
Psychology.
Philosophy of Science.
Philosophy of Mind.
Psychology, general.