Science & the Big Questions

Group Selection in Every Way Except Using the Words: A Critique of “The Goodness Paradox” by Richard Wrangham

Richard Wrangham’s new book on the evolution of cooperation gets many things right. But he errs in thinking that he can develop his thesis without invoking group selection.

This View of Life

Topics: Altruism Cooperation David Sloan Wilson Evolutionary Mechanisms Human Evolution Social Behavior

How Evolutionary Theory Guides Policy

A review of David Sloan Wilson’s new book, This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution.

Nature

Topics: Cultural Evolution David Sloan Wilson Evolutionary Mechanisms Evolutionary Theory

Science and Religion Need Not Be at War

David Sloan Wilson’s agreement and disagreement with Jerry Coyne.

The Evolution Institute

Topics: David Sloan Wilson Evolution of Religion Faith Meaning Models of Science & Religion Naturalism

What’s Love Got To Do With Evolution?

History is filled with countless examples of people risking life and limb for complete strangers, but why? How can evolutionary science explain that kind of selfless altruism?

To the Best of Our Knowledge

Topics: Altruism David Sloan Wilson Jeff Schloss

A Conversation with Kim Sterelny about the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

An interview with Kim Sterelny, one of the world’s most prominent philosophers of biology.

This View of Life

Topics: David Sloan Wilson Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

The Origin of The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis: An Interview with Massimo Pigliucci

Are we witnessing a new synthesis for evolutionary theory? If so, when did it begin?

This View of Life

Topics: David Sloan Wilson Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Massimo Pigliucci

Empowering the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

The phrase “The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis” has gained a tiny toehold in the scientific literature. According to Google Scholar, it has appeared in the title of only 12 articles and books between 2008 and 2016. That is about to change, however.

This View of Life

Topics: David Sloan Wilson Extended Evolutionary Synthesis