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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| Language: | deu |
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Rosetti Internaţional
2012-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Philosophical Economics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jpe.ro/poze/articole/87.pdf |