Rose's homeodynamic perspective is not an alternative to neo-Darwinism
A. J. Wells a1 a1 Department of Social Psychology, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom
a.j.wells@lse.ac.uk
Abstract
Lifelines discusses two approaches to biology,
“ultra-Darwinism” which Rose criticises, and the
“homeodynamic perspective,” which he offers as an
alternative. This review suggests that ultra-Darwinism is a
caricature of the theoretical positions Rose wishes to oppose
and that the homeodynamic perspective is not an alternative,
but is complementary to so-called ultra-Darwinism.
