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  1. Is empirical imagination a constraint on adaptationist theory construction?Thomas E. Dickins & David W. Dickins - 2002 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25 (4):515-516.
    Andrews et al. present a form of instrumental adaptationism that is designed to test the hypothesis that a given trait is an adaptation. This epistemological commitment aims to make clear statements about behavioural natural kinds. The instrumental logic is sound, but it is the limits of our empirical imagination that can cause problems for theory construction.
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    Designed calibration: Naturally selected flexibility, not non-genetic inheritance.Thomas E. Dickins & Benjamin J. A. Dickins - 2007 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 30 (4):368-369.
    Jablonka & Lamb (J&L) have presented a number of different possible mechanisms for finessing design. The extra-genetic nature of these mechanisms has led them to challenge orthodox neo-Darwinian views. However, these mechanisms are for calibration and have been designed by natural selection. As such, they add detail to our knowledge, but neo-Darwinism is sufficiently resourced to account for them.
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    The phylogeny and ontogeny of adaptations.E. Dickins Thomas - 2006 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 29 (3):283-284.
    Locke & Bogin (L&B) rightly point to the absence of ontogeny in theories of language evolution. However, they overly rely upon ontogenetic data to isolate components of the language faculty. Only an adaptationist analysis, of the sort seen in evolutionary psychology, can carve language at its joints and lead to testable predictions about how language works.
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    Data and Context.Thomas E. Dickins - 2021 - Biosemiotics 14 (3):633-642.
    Deacon presents a fascinating model that adds to explanations of the origins of life from physical matter. Deacon’s paper owes much to the work of Howard Pattee, who saw semiotic relations in informational terms, and Deacon binds his model to criticism of current information concepts in biology which he sees as semantically inadequate. In this commentary I first outline the broader project from Pattee, and then I present a cybernetic perspective on information. My claim is that this view of information (...)
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    Lessons from behaviorism: The problem of construct-led science.Thomas E. Dickins & Qazi Rahman - 2022 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 45.
    Yarkoni makes a number of valid points in his critical analysis of psychology, but he misses an opportunity to expose the root of its problems. That root is the poor practice around the derivation of explanatory constructs. We make comment on this with an example from behaviorist history and relate this to the recent discussion of scientific understanding in the philosophy of science.
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    Possible phylogenies: The role of hypotheses, weak inferences, and falsification.Thomas E. Dickins - 2003 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 26 (2):219-220.
    This commentary takes issue with Corballis's claim to have presented a falsifiable hypothesis. It argues that Corballis has instead presented a framework of weak inferences that, although unfalsifiable, might help to constrain future theory-building.
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    The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology.Thomas E. Dickins - 2023 - Acta Biotheoretica 71 (3).
    The Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a (...)
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  8. Social constructionism as cognitive science.Thomas E. Dickins - 2004 - Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 34 (4):333–352.
    Social constructionism is a broad position that emphasizes the importance of human social processes in psychology. These processes are generally associated with language and the ability to construct stories that conform to the emergent rules of "language games". This view allows one to espouse a variety of critical postures with regard to realist commitments within the social and behavioural sciences, ranging from outright relativism to a more moderate respect for the "barrier" that linguistic descriptions can place between us and reality. (...)
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  9. On sociosexual cognitive architecture.Thomas E. Dickins - 2005 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (2):280-281.
    Schmitt has equivocated about the underlying psychology of sociosexuality, but from the data presented in the target article, it would appear that he has drawn out the underlying cognitive architecture. In this commentary, I describe this architecture and discuss two emerging hypotheses about heterosexual and homosexual male sociosexuality.
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  10. Can there ever be a non-specific adaptation? A response to Simon J. Hampton.Thomas E. Dickins - 2005 - Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 35 (3):329–340.
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    (1 other version)Evolutionary accounts of human behavioural diversity introduction.Gillian R. Brown, Thomas E. Dickins, Rebecca Sear & Kevin N. Laland - 2011 - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 366 (156):313-324.
    Human beings persist in an extraordinary range of ecological settings, in the process exhibiting enormous behavioural diversity, both within and between populations. People vary in their social, mating and parental behaviour and have diverse and elaborate beliefs, traditions, norms and institutions. The aim of this theme issue is to ask whether, and how, evolutionary theory can help us to understand this diversity. In this introductory article, we provide a background to the debate surrounding how best to understand behavioural diversity using (...)
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    The generation game is the cooperation game: The role of grandparents in the timing of reproduction.Rebecca Sear & Thomas E. Dickins - 2010 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 33 (1):34-35.
    Coall & Hertwig (C&H) demonstrate the importance of grandparents to children, even in low fertility societies. We suggest policy-makers interested in reproductive timing in such contexts should be alerted to the practical applications of this cooperative breeding framework. The presence or absence of a supportive kin network could help explain why some women begin their reproductive careers or.
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    A not-so proximate account of cleansing behavior.Jonathan Sigger & Thomas E. Dickins - 2021 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 44:e24.
    In this commentary we outline perceptual control theory and suggest this as a fruitful way for Lee and Schwarz (L&S) to fully embody their account of cleansing behavior. Moreover, we take issue with the command control approach that L&S have taken seeing this as an unnecessary cognitive commitment within an embodied model of cleansing behavior.
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    Measuring heritability: Why bother?David M. Shuker & Thomas E. Dickins - 2022 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 45:e175.
    Uchiyama et al. rightly consider how cultural variation may influence estimates of heritability by contributing to environmental sources of variation. We disagree, however, with the idea that generalisable estimates of heritability are ever a plausible aim. Heritability estimates are always context-specific, and to suggest otherwise is to misunderstand what heritability can and cannot tell us.
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    Group-level traits can be studied with standard evolutionary theory.Thomas C. Scott-Phillips & Thomas E. Dickins - 2014 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 37 (3):273-274.
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    Suicide terrorism and post-mortem benefits.Jacqueline M. Gray & Thomas E. Dickins - 2014 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 37 (4):369-370.
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    The niche construction perspective: a critical appraisal.Thomas C. Scott-Phillips, Kevin N. Laland, David M. Shuker, Thomas E. Dickins & Stuart A. West - unknown
    Niche construction refers to the activities of organisms that bring about changes in their environments, many of which are evolutionarily and ecologically consequential. Advocates of niche construction theory (NCT) believe that standard evolutionary theory fails to recognize the full importance of niche construction, and consequently propose a novel view of evolution, in which niche construction and its legacy over time (ecological inheritance) are described as evolutionary processes, equivalent in importance to natural selection. Here, we subject NCT to critical evaluation, in (...)
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    General intelligence does not help us understand cognitive evolution.David M. Shuker, Louise Barrett, Thomas E. Dickins, Thom C. Scott-Phillips & Robert A. Barton - 2017 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 40.
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    Synthesis in the human evolutionary behavioural sciences.Rebecca Sear, David W. Lawson & Thomas E. Dickins - unknown
    Over the last three decades, the application of evolutionary theory to the human sciences has shown remarkable growth. This growth has also been characterised by a ‘splitting’ process, with the emergence of distinct sub-disciplines, most notably: Human Behavioural Ecology (HBE), Evolutionary Psychology (EP) and studies of Cultural Evolution (CE). Multiple applications of evolutionary ideas to the human sciences are undoubtedly a good thing, demonstrating the usefulness of this approach to human affairs. Nevertheless, this fracture has been associated with considerable tension, (...)
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    The Practice of Moral Judgment.Thomas E. Hill - 1995 - Journal of Philosophy 92 (1):47.
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    Thomas E. Wartenberg’s Thinking Through Stories: Children, Philosophy, and Picture Books.Thomas E. Wartenberg, Stephen Kekoa Miller & Wendy C. Turgeon - 2023 - Precollege Philosophy and Public Practice 5:31-43.
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    Thoughtful images: illustrating philosophy through art.Thomas E. Wartenberg - 2023 - New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
    Thoughtful Images: Philosophy Illustrated is the first systematic investigation of how artists throughout the ages have illustrated philosophical texts, ideas, concepts, and theories. The book begins by developing a theory of visual illustrations of philosophical texts and undermining what the author calls "the denigration of illustration." The book then takes a more historical approach, beginning in Ancient Greece and Rome and proceeding through Medieval illuminations and printed broadsides to the frontispieces of philosophical texts. Throughout, attention is paid to how technological (...)
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    Working Side By Side, But Not Talking Enough: Accident Causation in the Emergency Department Care of Thomas Eric Duncan.Thomas E. Robey & Jay M. Brenner - 2015 - American Journal of Bioethics 15 (4):59-62.
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    Dissent By Thomas E. Elkins, M.D. Thoughts on Cloning.Thomas E. Elkins - 1994 - Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 4 (3):281-282.
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    Values in Good Caring Relations.Thomas E. Randall - 2018 - Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 4 (3).
    In The Ethics of Care, Virginia Held explores what values of care might fulfil normative criteria for evaluating the moral worth of relations. Held identifies seven potential values: attentiveness, empathy, mutual concern, sensitivity, responsiveness, taking responsibility, and trustworthiness. Though Held’s work is helpful as a starting point for conceptualizing some normative criteria, two problems need addressing. First, Held does not provide sufficient justification for why these potential values ought to be considered genuine values in the care ethical framework. Second, Held (...)
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    Agency and Urgency: The Origin of Moral Obligation.Thomas E. Wren - 1985 - Transaction.
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    In Memoriam: Eileen P. Kelly.Thomas E. Kelly - 2014 - Catholic Social Science Review 19:299-301.
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    Treating Persons as Ends: An Essay on Kant's Moral Philosophy.Thomas E. Hill & P. C. Lo Lanham - 1990 - Philosophical Review 99 (2):278.
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  29. The Blackwell Guide to Kant's Ethics.Thomas E. Hill (ed.) - 2009 - Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
    Through a collection of new, previously unpublished essays, _The_ _Blackwell Guide to Kant’s Ethics_ addresses diverse topics crucial to our understanding of Kant's moral philosophy and its implications for the modern age. Provides a fresh perspective on themes in Kant’s moral philosophy Addresses systematically Kant’s foundational work, _Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals_ and his more specific treatment of justice and virtue in _The Metaphysics of Morals_ Includes essays by both established scholars and rising stars Identifies common misperceptions of Kant's (...)
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  30. Dignity and Practical Reason in Kant's Moral Theory.Thomas E. Hill - 1992 - Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
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    Advaita Epistemology with Special Reference to Istasiddhi.Thomas E. Jackson - 1973 - Philosophy East and West 23 (3):406-407.
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  32. Servility and self-respect.Thomas E. Hill - 1973 - The Monist 57 (1):87 - 104.
    Thomas E. Hill, Jr.; Servility and Self-Respect, The Monist, Volume 57, Issue 1, 1 January 1973, Pages 87–104, https://doi.org/10.5840/monist197357135.
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  33. To Bet? Or, Not to Bet?Thomas E. Miller - 1902
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    Interpreting Films Philosophically.Thomas E. Wartenberg - 2002 - Film and Philosophy 5:164-171.
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    Knuffle Bunny.Thomas E. Wartenberg - 2013 - In A Sneetch is a Sneetch and Other Philosophical Discoveries: Finding Wisdom in Children's Literature. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 42–47.
    This chapter highlights different ways in which people communicate with one another. Although language is clearly a crucial means of communication, there are many other things that we can do to convey a message to someone. The chapter presents a story of in which Trixie had difficulty communicating to her father that they had left Knuffle Bunny at the Laundromat. Philosophers from earlier centuries would have viewed Trixie's difficulty as stemming from her attaching the wrong sounds (words?) to the ideas (...)
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    Stanley Cavell, Contesting Tears: The Hollywood Melodrama of The Unknown Woman.Thomas E. Wartenberg - 1998 - Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 56 (1):82-82.
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    Teaching Philosophy Through Film Aristotle's Theory of Friendship and The Third Man.Thomas E. Wartenberg - 2008 - Film and Philosophy 13:19-34.
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    The “Kingdom of Heaven” and the Development of Whitehead’s Idea of God.Thomas E. Hosinski - 1987 - Process Studies 16 (3):203-215.
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    Religious Convictions and Professional Education.Thomas E. Baker & Timothy W. Floyd - 1992 - Professional Ethics, a Multidisciplinary Journal 1 (3):3-32.
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    Not Just Mere Things.Thomas E. Wartenberg - 2008 - Contemporary Aesthetics 6.
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    Unique features of an R&D work environment and research scientists and engineers.Thomas E. Clarke - 2002 - Knowledge, Technology & Policy 15 (3):58-69.
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    Medial clauses and interpropositional relations in Panare.Thomas E. Payne - 1991 - Cognitive Linguistics 2 (3):247-282.
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    Proper time synchronization.Thomas E. Phipps - 1991 - Foundations of Physics 21 (9):1071-1087.
    A clock-transport method of synchronization employing proper time is described that yields in any given inertial system the same result as slow transport, but that imposes no limit on transport proper speed. It is argued that because the method involves only the empirically validated kinematic invariant proper time, on which all observers must agree, there exists an option to synchronize clocks in such a way that thesimultaneity of spatially separated events is agreed upon by all observers, hence is “absolute.” Such (...)
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    Research, Ethics, and Baby Fae.Thomas E. Cargill - 1984 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 12 (6):234-234.
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    Reference and Dissemination: Althusser after Derrida.Thomas E. Lewis - 1985 - Diacritics 15 (4):37.
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    Selves and brains: Tracing a path between interactionism and materialism.Thomas E. Ludwig - 1997 - Philosophical Psychology 10 (4):489-495.
    A dialog between Donald MacKay and Mario Bunge, printed in the journal Neuroscience over the course of two years beginning in 1977, provides a conscise summary of MacKay's views on the mind-body relationship. In this dialog, MacKay contrasts the dualistic interactionism theory of Popper and Eccles with Bunge's emergentist materialism theory, and then builds a case for a third alternative based on the notion of mental events embodied in, but not identical to, brain events. Although neuroscience has made tremendous progress (...)
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  47. On the present state of the problems of units and terminology in vacuum science and technology.E. Thomas - 1968 - In Peter Koestenbaum, Proceedings. [San Jose? Calif.,: [San Jose? Calif.. pp. 1--43.
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    An Analysis of the ACOG and AAP Ethics Statements on Conflicts in Maternal-Fetal Care.Thomas E. Elkins, H. Frank Andersen & Douglas Brown - 1991 - Journal of Clinical Ethics 2 (1):19-22.
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    Katz on the semantics of negation.Thomas E. Patton - 1968 - Journal of Philosophy 65 (8):213-231.
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    On Vendler's grammar of "good".Thomas E. Patton & Paul Ziff - 1964 - Philosophical Review 73 (4):528-537.
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