Is empirical imagination a constraint on adaptationist theory construction?
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Dickins, T. and Dickins, D. 2002. Is empirical imagination a constraint on adaptationist theory construction? Behavioral and Brain Sciences: An International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary. 25 (4), pp. 515-516. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X02320090
Type | Article |
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Title | Is empirical imagination a constraint on adaptationist theory construction? |
Authors | Dickins, T. and Dickins, D. |
Abstract | Andrews et al. present a form of instrumental adaptationism that is designed to test the hypothesis that a given trait is an adaptation. This epistemological commitment aims to make clear statements about behavioural natural kinds. The instrumental logic is sound, but it is the limits of our empirical imagination that can cause problems for theory construction. |
Research Group | Behavioural Biology group |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences: An International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary |
ISSN | 0140-525X |
Electronic | 1469-1825 |
Publication dates | |
Aug 2002 | |
Online | 11 Aug 2003 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 19 Feb 2013 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Additional information | Type: Brief Report |
Web address (URL) | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/abs/is-empirical-imagination-a-constraint-on-adaptationist-theory-construction/1AB3FA71743EC2801EDBBC0234C2201D |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X02320090 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-0038688831 |
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Has metadata | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0038688831&partnerID=MN8TOARS |
Language | English |
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