EPISODE · Jun 1, 2021 · 26 MIN
Can Genes Be Any More Selfish Than Jeans?: The Misuse of a Metaphor Part 2
from On The Very Idea - A Philosophy Podcast · host Tony Bologna
In this final episode of a two part series, I continue looking at the intellectual debate that occured between philosopher Mary Midgely and ethologist Richard Dawkins in the pages of the journal Philosophy in the late 1970s and early 80s. I also look at the work of biologist Robert Trivers and the limits of using mathemetical models to understand biological phenomena like human evolution.
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