Evolutionary Psychology: Alternative Approaches

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Evolutionary psychology has been dominated by one particular method for studying the mind and behavior. This is the first book to both question that monopoly and suggest a broad range of particular alternatives. Psychologists, philosophers, biologists, anthropologists, and others offer different methods for combining psychology and evolution.

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EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Alternative Approaches EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Alternative Approaches edited by Steven J. Scher Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Illinois Frederick Rauscher Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS Boston / Dordrecht / New York / London Distributors for North, Central and South America: TABLE OF CONTENTS Kluwer Academic Publishers 101 Philip Drive Assinippi Park Norwell, Massachusetts 02061 USA Telephone (781) 871-6600 Fax (781) 681-9045 Acknowledgments E-Mail: [email protected] Contributors Distributors for all other countries: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group ALTERNATIVE ApPROACHES TO 3300 AH Dordrecht, THE NETHERLANDS EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY: INTRODUCTION Telephone 31 786576 000 Fax 31 786576 4 74 xi Steven J. Scher & Frederick Rauscher E-Mail: [email protected] " ix Frederick Rauscher & Steven J. Scher Post Office Box 322 ..... vii NATURE READ IN TRUTH OR FLAW: LOCATING A LTERNATI VES IN EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Electronic Services < http://www.wkap.nl=""> Timothy Ketelaar THE EVALUATION OF COMPETING ApPROACHES WITHIN HUMAN E VOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Evolutionary psychology: alternative approaches / edited by Steven 1. Scher, Frederick Rauscher. David Sloan Wilson EVOLUTION, MORALITY, AND HUMAN POTENTIAL p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. Linnda Caporae/ ISBN: 1-4020-7279-1 (alk. paper) I. Generic psychology. I. Scher, Steven 1.,1962- II. Rauscher , Frederick, 1961- M EAN REPEATED ASSEMB LY: PROSPECTS FOR S AYING WHAT WE Niles Eldredge BF701 .E97 2002 EVOLUTION HUMAN TRIANGLES: GENES, SEX AND ECONOMICS IN HUMAN I 55. 7--dc2 I 31 55 71 91 2002034083 Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced. stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OF FATHERS: E VOLUTION, DEMOGRAPHY, AND HISTORY IN THE SHAPING OF F EMALE M ATE PREFERENCES 111 Karola C. Stotz & Paul E. Griffiths microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission from the Publisher, DANCING IN THE DARK: EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY with the exception of any material supplied specitically for the purpose of being entered and AND THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN 135 executed on a computer system. for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Permission for books published in Europe: permissionsi(qwkap.nl Permission for books published in the United States of America: [email protected] Printed on aCid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America. Dom