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Developing of the future: Scaffolded Darwinism in societal evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2014

Claes Andersson ,
Anton Törnberg  and
Petter Törnberg
Claes Andersson
Affiliation:
Department of Energy and Environment, Complex Systems Group, Division for Physical Resource Theory, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden. claeand@chalmers.sehttp://www.chalmers.se/en/staff/Pages/claes-andersson.aspxpettert@chalmers.se
Anton Törnberg
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden. anton.tornberg@gu.se
Petter Törnberg
Affiliation:
Department of Energy and Environment, Complex Systems Group, Division for Physical Resource Theory, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden. claeand@chalmers.sehttp://www.chalmers.se/en/staff/Pages/claes-andersson.aspxpettert@chalmers.se
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Abstract

We sympathize with the project of a synthetic approach for devising a “theory of intentional change” and agree that Darwinism should be central in such a theory. But Darwinism is not the only process of evolution that needs to be included. Evolutionary biology itself has taken such a turn recently, with the emergence of developmental evolutionary approaches.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , August 2014 , pp. 417 - 418
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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