Evolutionary Psychology Alternative Approaches
Evolutionary psychology has been dominated by one particular method for studying the mind and behavior. This is the first book to both question that monopoly and suggest a broad range of particular alternatives. Psychologists, philosophers, biologists, an
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EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Alternative Approaches
edited by
Steven J. Scher Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Illinois Frederick Rauscher Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC
Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Evolutionary psyehology: alternative approaches / edited by Steven J. Scher, Frederick Rauscher. p.em. Includes bibliographieal references. ISBN 978-1-4613-4995-2 ISBN 978-1-4615-0267-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-0267-8 1. Generic psychology. 1. Scher, Steven J., 1962- II. Rauscher, Frederick, 1961BF701 .E97 2002 155.7-dc21 2002034083
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
vii
Contributors
ix
Frederick Rauscher & Steven J. Scher ALTERNATIVE ApPROACHES TO EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY: INTRODUCTION
xi
Steven J. Scher & Frederick Rauscher NATURE READ IN TRUTH OR FLAW: LOCATING ALTERNATIVES IN EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
Timothy Ketelaar THE EVALUATION OF COMPETING ApPROACHES WITHIN HUMAN EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
David Sloan Wilson EVOLUTION, MORALITY, AND HUMAN POTENTIAL
Linnda Caporael REPEATED ASSEMBLY: PROSPECTS FOR SAYING WHAT WE MEAN
Niles Eldredge HUMAN TRIANGLES: GENES, SEX AND ECONOMICS IN HUMAN EVOLUTION
31 55 71 91
Sarah BlafJer Hrdy THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OF FATHERS: EVOLUTION, DEMOGRAPHY, AND HISTORY IN THE SHAPING OF FEMALE MATE PREFERENCES
111
Karola C. Stotz & Paul E. Griffiths DANCING IN THE DARK: EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY AND THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN
135
Dominic Murphy ADAPTATIONISM AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATION
161
VI
Steven Quartz TOWARD A DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY: GENES, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE EVOLUTION OF COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE
185
William Bechtel MODULES, BRAIN PARTS, AND EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
211
Jennifer Mundale EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY AND THE INFORMATION-PROCESSING MODEL OF COGNITION
229
Domenico Parisi EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL LIFE
243
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to thank the many people who helped this book come to fruition. First of all, the contributors to this volume deserve our thanks for providing the meat of the book and for putting up with our nagging. We are grateful to Delores Rauscher and Grant Sterling for many useful discussions about evolutionary psychology. We would also both like to t
