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Wallace, Brendan

 
9781845402075: Getting Darwin Wrong: Why Evolutionary Psychology Won't Work
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ISBN 10 : 1845402073 ISBN 13 : 9781845402075
Editeur : Imprint Academic, 2010

Synopsis

Brendan Wallace, with a background in psychology, demonstrates that the key claims of Evolutionary Psychology (EP), popularised by Steven Pinker and others, are based on the 'brain is a digital computer' argument. He then argues that as we now know this model of the brain will not work, therefore EP won't work either, since it is based on a fallacious view of the mind/brain. The book, which is written in a reader friendly but rigorous style, is a timely assault on one of the most fashionable philosophies of mind currently 'out there'.

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Revue de presse

The progressive encroachment of biologism on our thinking about ourselves and the capitulation of the humanities before pseudo-sciences such as evolutionary psychology is a disaster. Getting Darwin Wrong a lucid, scholarly, account of the rise of Darwinitis and a demolition of its claim to add anything other than truisms or fallacies to our understanding of human behaviour is timely and of immense importance. It should be required reading for students of psychology and, indeed, anyone who imagines that Darwinian thought requires us to deny the vast gulf between ourselves and the rest of the animal kingdom. --Raymond Tallis

Présentation de l'éditeur

Brendan Wallace, with a background in psychology, demonstrates that the key claims of Evolutionary Psychology (EP), popularised by Steven Pinker and others, are based on the 'brain is a digital computer' argument. He then argues that as we now know this model of the brain will not work, therefore EP won't work either, since it is based on a fallacious view of the mind/brain. The book, which is written in a reader friendly but rigorous style, is a timely assault on one of the most fashionable philosophies of mind currently 'out there'.

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Éditeur
Imprint Academic
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845402073
ISBN 13 
9781845402075
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
180
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Personne responsable
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