Dawkins, Dennett, and the attempts at universalizing Darwinism

Toledo, Gustavo Leal

Dawkins, Dennett, and the attempts at universalizing Darwinism

Although Darwinian natural selection is concerned with living beings, some biologists and philosophers defend that there is nothing in this process that should restrict it to those beings. This way, anything that reproduces itself using parts of its environment should be subjected to natural selecti...

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Autor:	Toledo, Gustavo Leal
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Estado:	Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:	2009
País:	Brasil
Recursos:	Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência (SBHC)
Repositorio:	Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência (Online)
Idioma:	portugués
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Palavra-chave:	darwinismo universal meme Gould Dawkins Dennett universal Darwinism

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spelling	Dawkins, Dennett, and the attempts at universalizing DarwinismDawkins, Dennett e as tentativas de universalização do darwinismodarwinismo universalmemeGouldDawkinsDennettuniversal DarwinismmemeGouldDawkinsDennettAlthough Darwinian natural selection is concerned with living beings, some biologists and philosophers defend that there is nothing in this process that should restrict it to those beings. This way, anything that reproduces itself using parts of its environment should be subjected to natural selection. This theory has been called Universal Darwinism. Daniel Dennett claims that the process of natural selection is algorithmic, that is, a formal process independent from the substratum in which it takes place. Theories of this kind, however, tend to be misunderstood. Gould, their main critic, takes them as a variation of adaptationism. But without recourse to a residual vitalism, Gould seems not to be able to say why natural selection could only occur among living beings.Embora a seleção natural darwiniana diga respeito aos seres vivos, existem alguns biólogos e filósofos que defendem que não há nada nesse processo que o restrinja a tais seres. Para eles, qualquer coisa que se reproduza utilizando partes de seu ambiente estará sujeita à seleção natural. Tal teoria foi chamada de Darwinismo Universal. Daniel Dennett argumenta que o processo de seleção natural é algorítmico, ou seja, um processo formal que independe do substrato no qual se realiza. No entanto tais teorias são muitas vezes mal compreendidas. Para Gould, seu principal crítico, essas teorias são um adaptacionismo exacerbado. Mas Gould parece falhar ao dizer por que a seleção natural só poderia ocorrer entre seres vivos sem recorrer a nenhum resquício de vitalismo.Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência2009-12-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://rbhciencia.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/37510.53727/rbhc.v2i2.375Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência; Vol. 2 No. 2 (2009); 253-258Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência; Vol. 2 Núm. 2 (2009); 253-258Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência; v. 2 n. 2 (2009); 253-2582176-32751983-4713reponame:Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência (SBHC)instacron:SBHCporhttps://rbhciencia.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/375/318https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessToledo, Gustavo Leal2021-10-13T14:17:07Zoai:ojs.rbhciencia.emnuvens.com.br:article/375Revistahttps://rbhciencia.emnuvens.com.br/revista/indexONGhttps://rbhciencia.emnuvens.com.br/revista/oairevistasbhc@sbhc.org.br2176-32751983-4713opendoar:2021-10-13T14:17:07Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência (SBHC)false
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Dawkins, Dennett, and the attempts at universalizing Darwinism

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