Open AccessPerspectivas darwinistas sobre la mente y la conducta humanas: alcances, limitaciones e implicancias educativas
Author(s) -
Leonardo González Galli
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista de humanidades de valparaíso
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 0719-4242
pISSN - 0719-4234
DOI - 10.22370/rhv2019iss14pp187-222
Subject(s) - darwinism , epistemology , determinism , reductionism , criticism , perspective (graphical) , philosophy , ideology , evolutionary psychology , sociology , psychology , art , literature , artificial intelligence , politics , computer science , political science , law
In this work I characterize Darwinian approaches to human behavior and mind, especially evolutionary psychology, and analyze the main criticisms that these approaches have received. To this end I resort to Jean Marie Schaeffer’s criticism of the thesis of human exceptionality and the semantic perspective of scientific theories of Ronald Giere. I conclude that the main criticisms (reductionism, determinism and ideological bias) are not applicable to evolutionary psychology as a research program. I also conclude that it cannot be held a priori that the Darwinian approach is not applicable to the human mind and behavior. Finally, I discuss some educational implications of these debates.