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The priority of the individual in cultural inheritance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2014

Taylor Davis  and
Eric Margolis
Taylor Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada. taylor.thiel.davis@gmail.comhttp://www.taylordavisphilosophy.comeric.margolis@ubc.cahttp://www.margolisphilosophy.com
Eric Margolis
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada. taylor.thiel.davis@gmail.comhttp://www.taylordavisphilosophy.comeric.margolis@ubc.cahttp://www.margolisphilosophy.com
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Abstract

Smaldino's proposed extension of the theory of cultural evolution embraces emergent group-level traits. We argue, instead, that group-level traits reduce to the traits of individuals, particularly when it comes to the question of how group-level traits are inherited or transmitted, and that this metaphysical fact is integral to the theory of cultural evolution.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 257 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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Richerson, P. J. & Boyd, R. (2005) Not by genes alone: How culture transformed human evolution. University of Chicago Press.Google Scholar