Psychological categories as homologies: Lessons from ethology

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 659-674

  Ereshefsky, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptationism; Behavioral homology; Evolutionary psychology; Functionalism; Homology; Ontogeny; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

HOMOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 35448959900     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-007-9091-9     Document Type: Article

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