In my view, debates concerning whether kin selection, individual selection, group selection or multilevel selection are ‘true’ are ill-conceived. These are merely different frameworks for thinking about evolutionary change. Since any two of these frameworks, independently brought to bear on the same question, can result in similar answers, it is perhaps more productive to ask […]
Matthew Zimmerman: Groups as the Most Natural and Useful Level of Analysis (a comment on Pinker)
July 6, 2012 by SEF Editor
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In my view, debates concerning whether kin selection, individual selection, group selection or multilevel selection are ‘true’ are ill-conceived. These are merely different frameworks for thinking about evolutionary change. Since any two of these frameworks, independently brought to bear on the same question, can result in similar answers, it is perhaps more productive to ask […]