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Can Genes Be Any More Selfish Than Jeans?: The Misuse of a Metaphor Part 2
Can Genes Be Any More Selfish Than Jeans?: The Misuse of a Metaphor Part 2
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Jun 1, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
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.
Released:
Jun 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (61)
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