For Thursday Dec 9th Students will choose one side of this assignment page. The Adaptationist Program Discussion
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Bio342_Animal_Behavior_2015 Name_____________ For Thursday Dec 9th Students will choose one side of this assignment page. The Adaptationist Program Discussion Gould and Lewontin use metaphors (the basilica of St. Marks, and Voltaire's Candide) in order to ridicule a scientific research approach that they deem inappropriate. Mayr contradicts these authors in a more straightforward manner and ultimately supports the use of adaptationist research. Consider the impact of the writing style for these two papers. (There is a book, Understanding Scientific Prose, that is dedicated to the discussion of Gould and Lewontin's writing technique) Before you begin, look up who Stephen J. Gould, Richard Lewontin, Ernst Mayr and Massimo Pigliucci are (were) and consider why are these people qualified to debate the topic of Adaptationist program? Answer the following questions Type the answers. Bring them to class. Be prepared to discuss and amend your answers. 1) What is this adaptationist program that so concerns Gould and Lewontin? 2) According to Gould and Lewontin, adaptationists construct faulty explanations when they fail to consider options other than that the trait arose through natural selection. Provide a few of their examples of faulty logic. 3) Mayr makes recommendations about how an adaptationist program should be executed. State those recommendations in your own words. Using those recommendations, reconsider the examples Gould and Lewontin used as faulty “adaptationist” logic. 4) Piggliucci and Kaplan present an historical summary of the controversy that Gould and Lewontin stirred up. What are the conceptual and empirical advances that now allow a synthesis rather than controversy? Gould, S.J., Lewontin (1979) The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme. Proc. Royal Soc. B. 205:581-598. Mayr, E. (1983) How to Carry Out the Adaptionist Program? The American Naturalist, 121:324-334. Pigliucci & Kaplan (2000) The fall and rise of Dr Pangloss: adaptationism and the Spandrels paper 20 years later TREE 15:66 JUST FOR FUN: you might enjoy.... Queller, D (1995) The Spaniels of St. Marx and the Panglossian Paradox: A Critique of a Rhetorical Programme. The Quarterly Review of Biology 7:485-489. Directory: biology -> courses -> BIO342 BIO342 -> For Thursday Nov 13th Students will choose one side of this assignment page BIO342 -> Discussion Questions regarding the Adaptationist Program courses -> Atypical Sexual Behavior Common Versus Atypical Sexual Behavior biology -> Data acquisition wcr 20131018 biology -> Island biogeography and evolution biology -> Study Guide for Chapter 30 Lab Exam courses -> Midterm 1: Answer Key biology -> - biology -> Marc/rise application instructions Download 5.29 Kb. Share with your friends:
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