Newton and Darwin: Can this marriage be saved?

Author(s): Mitchell, S. H.

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 2000; 23: 40 West 20Th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA. Cambridge Univ Press. 91+.

Abstract: The insights described by Nevin & Grace may be summarized without reference to the Newtonian concepts they suggest. The metaphor to Newtonian mechanics seems dubious in three ways: (1) extensions seem to lead to paradoxes; (2) many well-known phenomena are ignored; (3) the Newtonian concepts seem difficult to reconcile with the larger Framework of evolutionary theory.

Note: Editorial Baum WM, Univ New Hampshire, Dept Psychol, Durham,NH 03824 USA

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