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.
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?
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.
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