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Hace 6 días · We argue for an expanded claim, that beliefs are explained by a belief-forming faculty (BFF) that is shaped by natural selection. Referring to BFFs is helpful for two reasons. First, some have argued that natural selection does not directly select for beliefs.
19 de oct. de 2023 · Natural selection is the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change. Individuals in a population are naturally variable, meaning that they are all different in some ways. This variation means that some individuals have traits better suited to the environment than others.
The mechanism that Darwin proposed for evolution is natural selection. Because resources are limited in nature, organisms with heritable traits that favor survival and reproduction will tend to leave more offspring than their peers, causing the traits to increase in frequency over generations.
Biologists have long rejected the idea of teleology, or purposiveness, in evolution, while claiming that the appearance of purposiveness in organisms is explained by natural selection. Here Steve examines the difficulties with this claim.
25 de sept. de 2019 · For Darwin, natural selection is a drawn-out, complex process involving multiple interconnected causes. Natural selection requires variation in a population of organisms. For the process to work, at least some of that variation must be heritable and passed on to organisms’ descendants in some way.
17 de mar. de 2020 · some have argued that natural selection does not directly select for beliefs. Beliefs are mental states and it is hard to see how natural selection can select for them.
9 de abr. de 2009 · Natural selection is one of the central mechanisms of evolutionary change and is the process responsible for the evolution of adaptive features. Without a working knowledge of natural selection, it is impossible to understand how or why living things have come to exhibit their diversity and complexity.
