Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution

In this article I reconsider Laibman’s Deep history (2007) in the light of Niles Eldredge and Stephan Jay Gould’s theory of punctuated equilibrium. I argue that the theory of punctuated equilibrium explains (1) why conceptions of inevitability and directionality in intellectual evolution may not be...

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Main Author:	Altug Yalcintas
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	Rosetti Internaţional 2012-11-01
Series:	Journal of Philosophical Economics
Subjects:	Punctuated equilibrium Continual progress Perfection Intellectual path dependence
Online Access:	http://www.jpe.ro/poze/articole/87.pdf

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title	Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution
title_short	Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution
title_full	Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution
title_fullStr	Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution
title_full_unstemmed	Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution
title_sort	between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on laibman’s deep history and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution
publisher	Rosetti Internaţional
series	Journal of Philosophical Economics
issn	1843-2298 1844-8208
publishDate	2012-11-01
description	In this article I reconsider Laibman’s Deep history (2007) in the light of Niles Eldredge and Stephan Jay Gould’s theory of punctuated equilibrium. I argue that the theory of punctuated equilibrium explains (1) why conceptions of inevitability and directionality in intellectual evolution may not be as useful as Laibman thinks they are in the context of social evolution and (2) why stasis (that is, intellectual path dependence) in intellectual evolution does not allow different pathways of thought to converge.
topic	Punctuated equilibrium Continual progress Perfection Intellectual path dependence
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Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution

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