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Het ontstaan van de sociobiologie: een revolutie door integratie

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Abstract

The rise of as a sociobiology. A revolution through integration – Sociobiology is understood as a revolution in ethology, caused by attempts to root ethology in evolutionary biology. Sociobiologists demand that phenomena should be explained at the proper level : characteristics of groups, for example, should not be explained with resort to group selection when it is possible to explain them as a result of individual selection or even ’gene selection’. Some common charges against sociobiology are discussed. Against the charge of genetic determinism it is argued that a distinction should be made between genetic determinism and evolutionary explanation. Against the charge of adaptationism it is argued that adaptationism is flexible enough to encompass effects of maladaptation, chance and complexity. Against the charge that sociobiology resorts too much to ad hoc theories it is argued that sociobiology is in its very essence a reaction against ad hoc theories which result when nobody cares about the compatibility and integratability with closely related disciplines.

How to Cite:

Slurink, P., (1993) “Het ontstaan van de sociobiologie: een revolutie door integratie”, Tijdschrift voor Sociale Wetenschappen 38(3), 237–274. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/tvsw.95143