Debating Darwin: How Jerry Fodor Slid Down the Slippery Slope to Anti-Darwinism
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Duke Professor Alex Rosenberg focuses
Duke Professor Alex Rosenberg focuses on the philosophy of biology, in particular the relationship between molecular, functional and evolutionary biology. He takes issue with Jerry Fodor’s attack on natural selection. [10/2011] [Show ID: 22749]
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0:00 Introduction
1:58 An example worth recalling
3:30 Jerry's Fated Repulsion from Darwin
7:22 This objection to teleosemantics makes repudiation of Darwinism inevitable
9:45 Jerry's beef with phylogenetic Darwinism: the disjunction problem
13:44 How selection-against works
16:52 Selection-for and selection against are not contradictories, they are contraries
18:47 Jerry's second mistake: evolutionary biology needs laws
27:30 An Exhaustive Survey of Evolutionary Laws
29:50 No evolutionary laws? How does the theory of natural selection work?
30:48 All Adaptations are the result of blind variation and selection-against. Why?
34:35 Getting the counterfactuals right
36:45 What about the principle of natural selection?
38:20 Summary So Far
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The humanities encourage us to think creatively and explore questions about our world. UCTV explores human culture through literature, history, ethics, philosophy, cinema and religion so we can better understand the human experience.
UCTV is the broadcast and online media platform of the University of California, featuring programming from its ten campuses, three national labs and affiliated research institutions. UCTV explores a broad spectrum of subjects for a general audience, including science, health and medicine, public affairs, humanities, arts and music, business, education, and agriculture. Launched in January 2000, UCTV embraces the core missions of the University of California -- teaching, research, and public service – by providing quality, in-depth television far beyond the campus borders to inquisitive viewers around the world.
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0:00 Introduction
1:58 An example worth recalling
3:30 Jerry's Fated Repulsion from Darwin
7:22 This objection to teleosemantics makes repudiation of Darwinism inevitable
9:45 Jerry's beef with phylogenetic Darwinism: the disjunction problem
13:44 How selection-against works
16:52 Selection-for and selection against are not contradictories, they are contraries
18:47 Jerry's second mistake: evolutionary biology needs laws
27:30 An Exhaustive Survey of Evolutionary Laws
29:50 No evolutionary laws? How does the theory of natural selection work?
30:48 All Adaptations are the result of blind variation and selection-against. Why?
34:35 Getting the counterfactuals right
36:45 What about the principle of natural selection?
38:20 Summary So Far
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