Is depression an adaptation? Biologist Jerry Coyne tackles the assumptions of 'evolutionary psychiatry' in his commentary on the supposed adaptive nature of depression.
Protesting is good for you, say psychologists A study by psychologists at the University of Sussex has found that as well as potentially changing the world, participation in protests and demonstrations is actually good for you.
Neuroscience and war Will neuroscientists join psychiatrists, psychologists and anthropologists in condemning the use of their labour in the service of war?
Society and mind in Marxian philosophy - Anton Pannekoek Anton Pannekoek on materialism, Marxism and the relation of the individual to society in modern capitalism.
Sex, Jealousy & Violence: A Skeptical Look at Evolutionary Psychology Philosopher David Buller tackles the evidential claims of primary exponents of Evolutionary…
Against "Sociobiology" A letter from Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Lewontin and members of the Sociobiology Study Group outlining criticisms of, and objections to, EO…
The Politics of Biological Determinism Stephen Jay Gould tackles the notion that existing social hierarchies reflect innate abilities in his essay on the heritability of intelligence.
Evolution: The Pleasures of Pluralism Debate In the second part of his critique of 'ultra Darwinism', Gould tackles the methodology of evolutionary psychology while defending the idea that…
Darwinian Fundamentalism Paleontologist and science writer Stephen Jay Gould tackles 'ultra-Darwinism' in the first part of his response to Daniel C. Dennett's 'Darwin's…
The Politics of Subjectivity - Russell Jacoby Jacoby's critique of the fetish of subjectivity was a response to developments in the Sixties 'counter-culture', as theory came to be rejected in…
Psyching Out Evolutionary Psychology Interview with philosopher of science David J Buller on some of his criticisms of evolutionary psychology.
