Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology

by Robert C. Richardson

Book Overview

A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology's explanations amount to speculation disguised as results. Human beings, like other organisms, are the products of evolution. Like other organisms, we exhibit traits that are the product of natural selection. Our psychological capacities are evolved traits as much as are our...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262182602
• ISBN13: 9780262182607
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher