Evolutionary psychology is put forward by its defenders as an extension of evolutionary
biology, bringing psychology within the integrated causal chain of the hard sciences. It is …

Evolutionary psychology is a relatively new paradigm and an interdisciplinary one that has
engendered considerable debate, conflict and controversy among scholars of various …

A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and
methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary …

Evolutionary psychologists often try to “bring together” biology and psychology by making
predictions about what specific psychological mechanisms exist from theories about what …

In a sample of academics (N= 111), we quantified the dimensions underlying criticisms of
evolutionary psychology in relation to criticisms of its parent fields (ie, general psychology …

Many detractors of evolutionary psychology (EP) presume that adaptive arguments are
nothing more than whimsical and unfalsifiable just-so stories. The reality though is that the …

L. Cosmides and J. Tooby, leaders in the field of evolutionary psychology, have claimed that
an evolutionary perspective toward psychology requires both that psychologists conceive of …

Psychological science is currently in conceptual disarray, characterized by unconnected
mini-theories and isolated empirical findings. We lack a theory of the functional properties of …

THE EMERGENCE OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY: WHAT IS AT STAKE?
understanding the design of the human mind and brain, as Darwin himself was the first to …

In this article I argue that evolutionary psychological strategies for making inferences about
present-day human psychology are methodologically unsound. Evolutionary psychology is …