What Darwin Got Wrong
Jerry Fodor, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, . . Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $25 (264pp) ISBN 978-0-374-28879-2
The authors of this scattershot treatise believe in evolution, but think that the Darwinian model of “adaptationism”—that random genetic mutations, filtered by natural selection, produce traits that enhance fitness for a particular biological niche—is “fatally flawed.” Philosopher Fodor and molecular-biologist-turned-cognitive-scientist Piattelli-Palmarini, at the University of Arizona, launch a three-pronged attack (which drew fire when Fodor presented their ideas in the
Reviewed on: 11/16/2009
Genre: Nonfiction
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