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Philosophy
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May 10, 2024
The Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory, with Elliott Sober
Philosophers have a major role to play in scientific inquiry, with topic areas such as physics and biology raising different sets of issues.
Oct 3, 2023
Why Teleology is the Elephant in Evolutionary Theory’s Room
The common denominator here is not consciousness, but the spontaneous emergence of systems that are agents, systems with teleological properties: the “end-directed” properties that unequivocally characterize life.
Sep 28, 2023
Can Evolution be Understood as a Conscious Process?
My approach is explored by considering Aristotelian Causal Categories, focusing on Final Cause. I then consider the possibility of understanding this question from an ‘internalist’ perspective.
Sep 21, 2023
One Culture, Two Cultures? How Many Cultures, How Long?
When asked “Can Evolution be Conscious?” reactions can occur aptly reflecting the “informal definition” (as stated in most dictionaries) of schizoid, that is, “having inconsistent or seemingly contradictory elements.”
Sep 12, 2023
Can Evolution Be Conscious of Itself? Yes, It Can!
Human beings are subject to the workings of evolution and are also aware of their role as shapers of the environment so as to consciously direct evolutionary change.
Sep 5, 2023
The Consciousness of Detachment and the Detachment of Consciousness
To speak of an evolution of consciousness as a natural event is to be committed to the idea that consciousness can be a further expression of something which is not yet consciousness but is a prerequisite for the possibility of consciousness.
Aug 16, 2023
The Evolution of Consciousness Enables Conscious Evolution
Understanding the evolution of consciousness provides the scaffolding for evolutionary science itself to consciously evolve, and to help human individuals and groups do so as well.
Aug 10, 2023
The Origins and Evolutionary Effects of Consciousness
How consciousness evolved and how consciousness has come to affect evolutionary processes are related issues.
Aug 8, 2023
Conscious Evolution is a Category Mistake
No, evolution is not a conscious process, and to think so is an example of what philosophers call a category mistake, predicated on a fallacy of equivocation.
May 23, 2023
Pragmatism as the Third Way of Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Trygve Throntveit
Positive systemic change must be the target of selection. Alternative social practices must be oriented toward the target of selection.
Jun 7, 2022
The Vienna Circle and Pragmatist Clubs: Variations to Select from for Evolutionary Philosophy
What’s needed is a modern framework for completing the Darwinian revolution for philosophy and all other human-related disciplines.
Jan 28, 2020
Is Evolutionary Psychology Impossible?
Subrena Smith recently argued that “evolutionary psychology, as it is currently understood, is…impossible."
Jan 15, 2020
Why Evolutionary Psychology (Probably) Isn’t Possible
Evolutionary psychologists have not shown that there are specific psychological programs that are written in the genetic foundation of our species. This is the challenge they must meet. Header image credit to ClaudeAI.uk
Jan 15, 2019
Welcome to the Noösphere
An evolutionary teleological view would be that no matter where you are in the cosmos, that there is, under the right conditions, a direction toward more complex, organized structures (both physical and non-physical).
Oct 9, 2018
Saving Social Constructivism
Social constructivism is on trial for being an academic fraud. Can it be rescued and does it have valid points to make about science after all?
Mar 12, 2018
Evolution and the Enigma of Reason: Brian Boyd Interviews Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber on their New Book
In The Enigma of Reason, Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber crack the code on one of the greatest evolutionary mysteries of all time.
Feb 21, 2017
Why Humanist Values Will Prevail: A Cultural Evolutionary View
Our geopolitical world seems increasingly unstable, and some see this instability as a threat to Humanist values. But do not fear.