Bricks without straw: Darwinism in the social sciences

dc.contributor.author	Saunders, Peter T.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-01-29T14:35:12Z
dc.date.available	2020-01-29T14:35:12Z
dc.date.issued	2003
dc.identifier.citation	Theoria 18(3) : 259-272 (2003)
dc.identifier.issn	2171-679X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10810/39249
dc.description.abstract	The so-called evolutionary social sciences are based on the belief that Darwinism can explain the living world and that it therefore should be able to explain other complex systems such as minds and societies. In fact, Darwinism cannot explain biological evolution. It does make an important contribution, but this is towards understanding adaptation, which is a major problem in biology but not in the social sciences. Darwinism has much less to offer to the social sciences than to biology and the shortcomings it brings with it are much greater.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Bricks without straw: Darwinism in the social sciences
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.rights.holder	© 2003, Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko Argitalpen Zerbitzua