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Rose's homeodynamic perspective is not an alternative to neo-Darwinism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

A. J. Wells
Affiliation:
Department of Social Psychology, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdoma.j.wells@lse.ac.uk

Abstract

Lifelines discusses two approaches to biology, “ultra-Darwinism” which Rose criticises, and the “homeodynamic perspective,” which he offers as an alternative. This review suggests that ultra-Darwinism is a caricature of the theoretical positions Rose wishes to oppose and that the homeodynamic perspective is not an alternative, but is complementary to so-called ultra-Darwinism.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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