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L'empire des gènes : histoire de la sociobiologie
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ISSN: 17658128 ISBN: 2847880453 9782847880458 2847884378 Year: 2004 Volume: *1

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Cet ouvrage retrace le parcours sinueux et l’échec de la sociobiologie humaine, cette théorie pseudo-scientifique qui anima les débats entre 1975 et 1985 et s’inscrivit comme idéologie scientiste dans l’ensemble des théories sur la nature humaine. Partant d’une analyse épistémologique des concepts de la sociobiologie humaine et de la sociobiologie animale, l’auteur établit la filiation historique de ceux-ci, des modèles et des idées qui les ont historiquement justifiés et de celles qui les justifient encore actuellement, et montre que cette théorie ne saurait prétendre à une institutionnalisation complète ni à aucune reconnaissance de la part du monde scientifique. This volume traces the tortuous path and failure of human socio-biology, the pseudo-scientific theory which sparked debate between 1975 and 1985 and which established itself as a scientistic ideology amongst the body of theories on human nature. Starting from an epistemological analysis of the concepts of human socio-biology and animal socio-biology, the author establishes a historical link between them, the models and ideas which have justified them historically and those which still justify them, and shows that this theory cannot claim to be completely institutionalised or have achieved any recognition in scientific circles.

Holistic Darwinism : synergy, cybernetics, and the bioeconomics of evolution
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ISBN: 0226116166 0226116131 Year: 2005 Publisher: Chicago London The University of chicago Press

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In recent years, evolutionary theorists have come to recognize that the reductionist, individualist, gene-centered approach to evolution cannot sufficiently account for the emergence of complex biological systems over time. Peter A. Corning has been at the forefront of a new generation of complexity theorists who have been working to reshape the foundations of evolutionary theory. Well known for his Synergism Hypothesis& a theory of complexity in evolution that assigns a key causal role to various forms of functional synergy& Corning puts this theory into a much broader framework in 'Holistic Darwinism', addressing many of the issues and concepts associated with the evolution of complex systems. Corning's paradigm embraces and integrates many related theoretical developments of recent years, from multilevel selection theory to niche construction theory, gene-culture coevolution theory, and theories of self-organization. Offering new approaches to thermodynamics, information theory, and economic analysis, Corning suggests how all of these domains can be brought firmly within what he characterizes as a post& neo-Darwinian evolutionary synthesis.


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Evolutionary economics and chaos theory : new directions in technology studies
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ISBN: 1855672022 1855671980 9781855672024 Year: 1994 Publisher: London Pinter

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