Evolutionary Theories in the Social Sciences
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Eors Szathmary reports in Science Magazine on a recent conference at Trinity College, Cambridge, that dicussed Darwin’s approach to science in the 19th century and how his methods may apply to the 21st century. The Report.
Read more →The publisher’s book description says that Rodolphe Durand’s new book Organizational Evolution and Strategic Management “provides the foundation for a new theory of organizational selection and an organizational evolution and strategy model that reconciles economic evolution with strategic intentionality.” We…
Read more →One of the basic tenets of evolutionary economics is that the constant changes occurring in capitalism turn the economy into a system that cannot be described fruitfully as being in equilibrium. John Matthews has written a new book in which…
Read more →H. Allen Orr has written a very thoughtful review essay in the New Yorker (April 3, 2006, pp. 80-83) about recent attempts to study religion from a scientific point of view. He discusses the new book by Daniel Dennett Breaking…
Read more →Michael Ruse reminisces about Ernst Mayer (1904-2005) and his work. For the social scientist this obituary in Philosphy and Biology about one of the great 20th century biologists is stimulating because it shows how the contested the idea of selection…
Read more →“Intelligent Design” lost its first major day in court. A federal judge in the United States ruled today that it was unconstitutional for a Pennsylvania school district to present intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in high school biology…
Read more →The Evolutionary Foundations of Economics has come out! I (Johann Peter Murmann) provided a backcover advertisement, which I reproduce here: “The construction of an evolutionary economics is, in my view, one of the greatest scientific adventures of our time. This…
Read more →Little Science and Lots of Faith. H. Allen Orr set out to investigate how much science is behind the ‘intelligent design’ movement. He studied all the major works and an interviewed the key players. Read his interesting report in The…
Read more →The Jones Center of the Wharton School has posted an informative working paper by Sid Winter. In Developoing an Evolutionary Theory for Economics and Management Winter provides an illmuninating discussion of the intellectual origins and problems encountered in his quest…
Read more →Environmental History: Prospectus for a New Field. Edmund Russel has written an interesting essay, calling for an evolutionary view of environmental history.
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