[lbo-talk] More on Kenneally

ravi ravi at platosbeard.org
Sat Jul 11 20:10:04 PDT 2009


On Jul 11, 2009, at 7:48 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
>
> Ya know, evolutionary psychology, despite being immoral, er,
> antihuman, must be broadly right, given that different species have
> different psychologies. It is not often that I feel compelled to
> migrate south in the winter, gather food for the queen and her
> larvae, or mark my territory with urine. I wonder what the reason
> for this is. It's a mystery!
>

I am not sure if EP is "broad", but the conflating the second set of issues you list with psychological capacities and behaviour (of the type EP proponents talk about) is exactly the crux of the debate. Unless you are a die-hard adaptationist, which some EP proponents are. More in responses to Chumpck. ;-)

--ravi



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