Vulnerable spots of evolutionary psychology: the massive modularity hypothesis and adaptationism
- 1 Post-graduate Student, Chair of Philosophy and Methodology of Science of Philosophy Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Abstract
Evolutionary psychology is frequently considered as the major successor of sociobiology. It ignores variation within the modern human species and thus differs from sociobiology but has inherited other sociobiology-s dubious properties: reductionism (transformed into the massive modularity thesis) and adaptationism [1, 3]. This two principles reinforce each other [1]. Concept of modularity in psychology is currently much more confused than in biology and requires philosophical clarification as well as integration with biological data [2-4].
This work was financially supported by RFH in grant № 15-33-01041 «Scientific realism and ontological problems in modern science».
How to cite
Кузин И.А. Уязвимые места эволюционной психологии: сильная гипотеза модулярности и адаптационизм // Нейрокомпьютеры: разработка, применение. 2015. № 4. С. 48–50.
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