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Newton and Darwin: Can this marriagebe saved?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2001

William M. Baum and
Suzanne H. Mitchell
William M. Baum
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824-3567 wm.baum@unh.edu
Suzanne H. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824-3567 shm@cisunix.unh.edu
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Abstract

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The insights described by Nevin & Grace may be summarized without reference to the Newtonian concepts they suggest. The metaphor to Newtonian mechanics seems dubious in three ways: (1) extensions seem to lead to paradoxes; (2) many well-known phenomena are ignored; (3) the Newtonian concepts seem difficult to reconcile with the larger framework of evolutionary theory.

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Type
Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 2000, pp. 91 - 92
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press