Wallace, Brendan
Getting Darwin Wrong
Brendan Wallace, with a background in psychology, demonstrates that the key claims of Evolutionary Psychology (EP), popularised by Steven Pinker and others, are based on the 'brain is a digital computer' argument. He then argues that as we now know this model of the brain will not work, therefore EP won't work either, since it is based on a fallacious view of the mind/brain.
The book, which is written in a reader friendly but rigorous style, is a timely assault on one of the most fashionable philosophies of mind currently 'out there'.
The book, which is written in a reader friendly but rigorous style, is a timely assault on one of the most fashionable philosophies of mind currently 'out there'.
Keywords: Psychology, evolutionary psychology, Steven Pinker, brain, brain as computer, philosophy, biologism, Darwin
- Author(s)
- Wallace, Brendan
- Publisher
- Andrews UK
- Publication year
- 2013
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 184 pages
- Category
- Psychology
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781845405786
- Printed ISBN
- 9781845402075