Ramsey, Grant and De Block, Andreas (2015) Is cultural fitness hopelessly confused? [Preprint]
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Abstract
Fitness is a central concept in evolutionary theory. Just as it is central to biological evolution, so, it seems, it should be central to cultural evolutionary theory (CET). But importing the biological fitness concept to CET is no straightforward task—there are many features unique to cultural evolution that make this difficult. This has led some theorists to argue that there are fundamental problems with cultural fitness that render it hopelessly confused. In this essay, we defend the coherency of cultural fitness against those who call it into doubt.
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| Keywords: | Cultural Evolutionary Theory, Memes, Evolutionary Theory, Natural Selection | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Grant Ramsey | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2015 15:50 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2015 15:50 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 11702 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology |
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| Date: | 1 October 2015 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11702 |
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