The use of" adaptation" language and the conviction about its usefulness in building the biological and social theories bring about an opinion that the adaptive approach is opposed to the causal one. The latter is considered to be peculiar to the world of physical phenomena, while the first one to the world of animated nature and social phenomena. Leaving [Book Review]

In Leszek Nowak (ed.), Dimensions of the historical process. Amsterdam: Rodopi. pp. 13--129 (1989)
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