Distorting the History of Evolutionary Thought in Conceptual Development Research.
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| Title: | Distorting the History of Evolutionary Thought in Conceptual Development Research. |
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| Authors: | Kampourakis, Kostas1 |
| Source: | Cognitive Science. May2015, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p833-837. 5p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Cognitive science, Evolutionary theories, Philosophy of science, Natural selection, Teleology |
| Abstract: | In this article, the author comments on the papers published in the previous issues related to the evolutionary thought and urges the researchers in cognitive science and conceptual development to take details from history and philosophy of science. Topics discussed include discovery of natural selection, Darwinian model of gene recombination and chance mutations and essentialism and teleology are two important conceptual obstacles to understanding evolutionary theory. |
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| Abstract: | In this article, the author comments on the papers published in the previous issues related to the evolutionary thought and urges the researchers in cognitive science and conceptual development to take details from history and philosophy of science. Topics discussed include discovery of natural selection, Darwinian model of gene recombination and chance mutations and essentialism and teleology are two important conceptual obstacles to understanding evolutionary theory. |
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| ISSN: | 03640213 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cogs.12198 |
