Evolution and Learning: The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)
Contributors: Bruce H. Weber (Editor); David J. Depew (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: March 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780262731812
Subjects: Evolution; Cognitive Psychology; Life Sciences - Evolution; Physiological Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Cognitive Psychology; Psychology
First sentence: In recent years, a number of evolutionary theorists have spoken well of a turn-of-the-twentieth-century idea that since the nineteen fifties has gone by the name of "the Baldwin effect" (Hinton and Nowlan 1987; Dennett 1995; Deacon 1997).