The Peacock Problem
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 16:50
in Psychology & Sociology
In a recent set of posts there was a discussion about evolutionary psychology and how it can be used to explain various behaviors. However, one of the fundamental challenges raised is whether the references to biological phenomenon are, in fact, settled issues and whether they should serve as a basis for drawing additional conclusions. As a result, I wanted to focus on one particular paragraph from one paper to illustrate the problem.read more