Kropotkin and the science of altruism Science historians Oren Harman and Mark Borello discuss the science of altruism and the relationship between politics and science.
Is depression an adaptation? Biologist Jerry Coyne tackles the assumptions of 'evolutionary psychiatry' in his commentary on the supposed adaptive nature of depression.
Neuroscience and war Will neuroscientists join psychiatrists, psychologists and anthropologists in condemning the use of their labour in the service of war?
Class Science and Scientific Truth The following article contains the text of the keynote address Richard Levins delivered at The New York Marxist School's Conference on…
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…
Medicine and the Spanish Civil War A historical survey of medicine in Spain during the Spanish Civil War
