Why Gould Was WrongStephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was a leading critic of human behavioral genetics, human sociobiology, evolutionary psychology, and the modern evolutionary synthesis. Why Gould Was Wrong explains why Gould's claims were horribly wrong. |
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... Wilson created a field .xix 1 2 3 3 3 005. The Sociobiology Study Group .. 3 006. But the horse kicked back . 007. Neo - Lysenkoism . 008. Gould had no alternative research program to offer .. 009. The reemergence of human sociobiology ...
... Wilson created a field .xix 1 2 3 3 3 005. The Sociobiology Study Group .. 3 006. But the horse kicked back . 007. Neo - Lysenkoism . 008. Gould had no alternative research program to offer .. 009. The reemergence of human sociobiology ...
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... . 121. The explanatory power 66 66 123. Unscientific avoidance 124. Abnormal instincts 125. Why we need. 122. The concept of instinct is totally clear 67 027. Paul McLean . 028. Edward O. Wilson .86 029. X Why Gould Was Wrong.
... . 121. The explanatory power 66 66 123. Unscientific avoidance 124. Abnormal instincts 125. Why we need. 122. The concept of instinct is totally clear 67 027. Paul McLean . 028. Edward O. Wilson .86 029. X Why Gould Was Wrong.
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... 024. W. D. Hamilton . .85 025. George C. Williams .. .85 026. Richard Dawkins 85 .86 030. Competing syntheses 87 031. The Michigan group 87 032. 027. Paul McLean . 028. Edward O. Wilson .86 029. The best book . . . 86 Contents xi.
... 024. W. D. Hamilton . .85 025. George C. Williams .. .85 026. Richard Dawkins 85 .86 030. Competing syntheses 87 031. The Michigan group 87 032. 027. Paul McLean . 028. Edward O. Wilson .86 029. The best book . . . 86 Contents xi.
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... Wilson out of context 080. They misused a film ..108 .. 108 081. They misused a symposium . 082. Gould misused Plato . . 083. Wilson's new holism ... ..109 ..109 110 084. Gould and Lewontin's illogical reductionism 085. A normal ...
... Wilson out of context 080. They misused a film ..108 .. 108 081. They misused a symposium . 082. Gould misused Plato . . 083. Wilson's new holism ... ..109 ..109 110 084. Gould and Lewontin's illogical reductionism 085. A normal ...
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... Wilson's position 125 123. SSG and sexism . . . 126 124. Gould's " debunking " 126 125. How to become a racist . 126 126. Scientific truth . 126 127. Gould's level of explanation . 127 128. Gould et al . on genetic variation 128 129. To ...
... Wilson's position 125 123. SSG and sexism . . . 126 124. Gould's " debunking " 126 125. How to become a racist . 126 126. Scientific truth . 126 127. Gould's level of explanation . 127 128. Gould et al . on genetic variation 128 129. To ...
Contents
The Modern Synthesis | 83 |
Mendel Watson Crick | 84 |
Chomskys rediscovery | 85 |
Paul McLean | 86 |
Competing syntheses | 87 |
Desmond John Morris | 88 |
Gould strongly attacked EP | 89 |
Pinker Wright and Buss | 90 |
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Charles Lyell and Robert Chambers | 74 |
Wallace and Darwin | 75 |
The period between roughly 1875 and 1910 | 76 |
The continuity of man and animals | 77 |
John Hughlings Jackson | 78 |
Instinct psychology | 79 |
Crazy claims | 80 |
Margaret Mead | 81 |
Lysenkoism and NeoLysenkoism | 82 |
Timothy Perper | 91 |
The prerequisites | 92 |
Those who never understand | 93 |
They were attacking everything | 94 |
Discourteous language | 95 |
It had to be imported | 96 |
He was attacking a straw man | 97 |
Illogical science | 98 |
Inferring ought from is | 99 |
Ill chosen examples | 100 |
A good empirical fit | 101 |
Gould occupied a rather curious position | 102 |
The hypothesis of punctuated equilibria | 103 |
Misunderstanding the selfish gene | 104 |
The tragic history of environmentalism | 105 |
An instinct has two parts | 106 |
More learning causes | 107 |
The instinct of Us and Them | 108 |
They misused a symposium | 109 |
Wilsons new holism | 110 |
A normal situation 086 They had not read the literature 087 A false identification | 111 |
Illogical moral guilt | 112 |
The theory was not Wilsons theory | 113 |
LSE was rather embarrassed | 114 |
Social sociobiologists | 115 |
A collection of lies | 116 |
Politically motivated attack | 117 |
The unit of selection | 118 |
Constraints | 119 |
Goulds theory of biological potentiality | 120 |
Learning and genetic determinism | 121 |
R Dawkins and B D Davis picked up the battleaxe | 122 |
Circumvention of destructive behavior | 123 |
The critics and kin selection | 124 |
An unrealistic view of science | 125 |
SSG and sexism | 126 |
Goulds level of explanation | 127 |
Gould et al on genetic variation | 128 |
Gould was critical about ideological assumptions | 129 |
Gould on averages | 130 |
Wilson admired Marxist thinking | 131 |
Goulds odd definition of racist | 132 |
New discoveries | 133 |
The Bell Curve | 134 |
Questioning the Millennium | 135 |
The Blind Watchmaker | 136 |
Gould attacked the new consensus | 137 |
The gene as an informational unit | 138 |
The critics and the constructivists | 139 |
Consilience the synthesis of syntheses | 140 |
On ontology | 141 |
They declared aggression nonexistent | 142 |
U Segerstrale on free will | 143 |
Culture is mostly based on natural behavior | 144 |
A justso story is not a justso story | 145 |
Wilson is not a genius | 146 |
A List of Modular Behavior Proves That Gould Was Wrong | 147 |
Modular human behavior | 148 |
Gould denied the existence of traitgenetic independence | 151 |
A List of Modular Genetic Damage Proves That Gould Was Wrong | 338 |
Genes suffer accumulative damage | 339 |
DSMIVTR | 340 |
Bibliography chronologicalalphabetical | 659 |
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