Linnda R. Caporael (1996) Repeated Assembly
. Psycoloquy: 7(04) Group Selection (6)
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Psycoloquy 7(04): Repeated Assembly
REPEATED ASSEMBLY
Reply to Harris on Group-Selection
Linnda R. Caporael
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180
caporl@rpi.edu
Abstract
Internal, essential nature contrasted with external,
molding forces has had an irresistible grip on the imagination, one
long preceding modern biology. Add to that the impoverished
language for generalizing about the contingent interactions of
genetic and epigenetic factors in the formation of phenotype, and
difficulties are bound to arise. Repeated assembly is a vocabulary
for replacing the Scylla and Charybdis of nature-nurture dualism.
Keywords
developmental systems theory, group coordination, group
selection, hierarchy, human evolution, social cognition, social
identity, teleofunctionalism
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