The Critical Rationalist                       Vol. 01  No. 04
ISSN: 1393-3809                                    31-Dec-1996

1 Prologue
Adaptation Considered Harmful: Darwin's Problem Revisited

Contents

• 1 Prologue
• 2 Immutability and Common Descent
• 3 Darwin's Problem
• 4 A Solution: Organismic Darwinism
  • 4.1 Reproduction
  • 4.2 Inheritance
  • 4.3 Selection
  • 4.4 Variation
  • 4.5 Growth of Adaptive Complexity
  • 4.6 Testing?
• 5 The Status of Organismic Darwinism
  • 5.1 Tautology...
    • 5.1.1 On "survival"
    • 5.1.2 What Spencer Meant To Say?
    • 5.1.3 Misconception 1: Logic
    • 5.1.4 Misconception 2: Words
    • 5.1.5 Misconception 3: Adaptation
  • 5.2 ... or Metaphysics?
• 6 Epilogue: Artificial Life
• References
• Acknowledgements
• Revision History
• Author Contact Information
• Copyright
• Retrieval
• About The Critical Rationalist

1 Prologue
Adaptation Considered Harmful: Darwin's Problem Revisited

The Critical Rationalist                       Vol. 01  No. 04
ISSN: 1393-3809                                    31-Dec-1996

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