De kloof tussen zin en zijn. Darwinisme, doelen en ons zoeken naar zin.

In Ria van den Brandt University of Nijmegen (ed.), Het heil van de filosofie. Ambo. pp. 116-147 (1993)
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Philosophical questions can often be answered using evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology. Of course, one needs a sound epistemology and philosophy os science to do so. Phenomenology and hermeneutics offer no escape route, however, because they are based on a wrong model of science. Evolutionary biology can explain teleology, the organization of nature, altruïsm, morality, and even our quest for meaning.

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