Psychological categories as homologies: lessons from ethology |
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Authors: | Marc Ereshefsky |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2N 1N4 |
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Abstract: | This article takes up the project of studying psychological categories as homologies. Ethologists have numerous theoretical
ideas concerning the phylogeny and ontogeny of behavioral homologies. They also have well-developed operational methods for
testing behavioral homologies. Many of these theoretical ideas and operational criteria can be applied to psychological homologies.
This paper suggests that insights from ethology should be incorporated in adaptationist and functionalist approaches to psychology.
Doing so would strengthen those approaches. |
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Keywords: | Adaptationism Behavioral homology Evolutionary psychology Functionalism Homology Ontogeny Phylogeny |
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