Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
12-2016
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.
Embargo Period
12-2017
Originally Published In
Philosophy of Science. 2016 Dec; 83(5):861-872. DOI: 10.1086/687870
Recommended Citation
Queller, David C., "Kin Selection and Its Discontents" (2016). Biology Faculty Publications & Presentations. 128.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bio_facpubs/128
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.