Darwin in disguise.
Darwinism appears in many more academic areas than just evolutionary biology. New disciplines are created out of its fusion with existing fields of study. However, this practise is criticised for a lack of evidence-based justification, and for adopting gene-oriented reductionism in the social sciences. This article briefly considers seven examples of new disciplines for which Darwinism has been appropriated. In each case, succinct background information precedes quotes provided for this purpose by a leading researcher.
Derry
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School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, UK. j.derry@ed.ac.uk
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