Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2016
Originally Published In
Philosophy of Science. 2016 Dec; 83(5):861-872. DOI: 10.1086/687870
Abstract
Kin selection is a core aspect of social evolution theory, but a small number of critics have recently challenged it. Here I address these criticisms and show that kin selection remains an important explanation for much (though not all) social evolution. I show how many of the criticisms rest on historical idiosyncrasies of the way the field happened to develop, rather than on the real logic and evidence.
Recommended Citation
Queller, David C., "Kin Selection and Its Discontents" (2016). Biology Faculty Publications & Presentations. 128.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bio_facpubs/128
Embargo Period
12-2017
Comments
Article published in Philosophy of Science. 2016 Dec; 83(5):861-872. DOI: 10.1086/687870
Copyright 2016 by the Philosophy of Science Association.