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Does past selective efficacy matter to psychology?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Paul Sheldon Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 psdavi@wm.edu
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Abstract

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Andrews et al. subscribe to the view that distinguishing selectionist from nonselectionist hypotheses – or, distinguishing adaptations from mere spandrels or exaptations – is important to the study of psychology. I offer three reasons for thinking that this view is false; that considerations of past selective efficacy have little to contribute to inquiry in psychology.

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Brief Report
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press