By Robert Kurzban
Robert Kurzban is an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. His first book, Why Everyone (Else) Is A Hypocrite, is now available.
Critics of evolutionary psychology frequently can’t articulate the assumptions of the field properly. My students at the University of Pennsylvania, with just four weeks of instruction, do better, on average, than the critics.
Read on ((13 comments))The conference will be held June 13th – June 17th, following right after the Animal Behavior Society conference.
Read on ()Glucose is not willpower fuel. It really isn’t.
Read on ((4 comments))The relationship between scholars and publishers is far from perfect. Boycotts are not the solution.
Read on ((39 comments))A look at word frequencies.
Read on ((11 comments))Is it possible to infer the function of a trait such as the color of the iris by doing experiments?
Read on ()Two new papers taking an evolutionary approach to understanding social learning mechanisms.
Read on ((5 comments))The Edge.org annual question… an intellectual buffet…
Read on ((1 comment))Note that these criteria are not to be applied to Myers’ own proposals, of course.
Read on ((14 comments))Science 2.0:Bringing you all the latest criticisms of evolutionary psychology from the early nineties…
Read on ((30 comments))Copyright 2012 Robert Kurzban, all rights reserved.
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Evolutionary Psychology Co-Editors: Steven M. Platek, Benedict C. Jones, and Todd K. Shackelford