Susan Oyama
Biographic Data
| ID | 3692483 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Oyama |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Oyama |
| SIGNATURE | OYAMA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 145 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Friends, Neighbors, and Boundaries
I’ll forgo the usual primer on Developmental Systems Theory (DST) for this little intervention: as a perspective, however, it will be holographically present, and some of its features will be made explicit along the way. Instead, I’ll just sketch some problems I’ve been thinking about, all of which circle around the theme of boundaries in organism-environment systems. For reasons that will become evident, in addressing the developmental systems f…
The Ontogeny of Information: Developmental Systems and Evolution
Causal Democracy and Causal Contributions in Developmental Systems Theory
In reworking a variety of biological concepts, Developmental Systems Theory (DST) has made frequent use of parity of reasoning. We have done this to show, for instance, that factors that have similar sorts of impact on a developing organism tend nevertheless to be invested with quite different causal importance. We have made similar arguments about evolutionary processes. Together, these analyses have allowed DST not only to cut through some age-…
Evolution's Eye: A Systems View of the Biology-Culture Divide
I. Parity of reasoning.A prime characteristic of my method is an insistence on applying certain modes of reasoning consistently and rigorously, even in areas in which they are not customarily used.Parity-of-reasoning arguments (namely, what's sauce for the goose ... ) are especially useful in revealing hidden inequalities and questionable assumptions
On the Concept of the Anatomically Modern Human: A Discussion on Tim Ingold's 'People Like Us' (1995)
The Accidental Chordate: Contingency in Developmental Systems
Research Article| April 01 1995 The Accidental Chordate: Contingency in Developmental Systems Susan Oyama Susan Oyama Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1995) 94 (2): 509–526. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-94-2-509 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Susan Oyama; The Accidental Chordate: Contingency in Developmental Systems. South At…
How Shall I Name Thee: The Construction of Natural Selves
The relation between Cartesian dualism and the developmental dualism of the nature-nurture dichotomy is discussed, with special attention to the treatment of subjectivity and agency. I argue that causal explanation need not drive out active subjects, as it so often seems to, and that it is especially questionable to attempt to solve questions of moral responsibility by weighing biological against environmental causes, or causes in general against…
Penser l'évolution: L'intégration du contexte dans l'étude de la phylogenèse, de l'ontogenèse et de la cognition
Thinking About Evolution : Integrating the Context in Ontogeny, Phytogeny and Cognition. This article comments on Piaget's treatment of internal and external causation in his writings on development, evolution and cognition. Piaget criticized internalist and programming models for their a priorism and implicit preformationism ; he also rejected externalism for its naive empiricism. He consistently tried, in fact, to construct a third way between …
Is Phylogeny Recapitulating Ontogeny?
Bodies and Minds: Dualism in Evolutionary Theory
As more social scientists adopt an evolutionary perspective, it becomes increasingly important to reflect upon the relevance of evolutionary theory to human behavior. The distinction between biologically based “nature” and environmental “nurture,” however, continues to create conceptual difficulties. One problem is that “nature” tends to be associated with the body, so that the innate‐acquired distinction partially parallels the one between the b…
What Does the Phenocopy Copy
The concept of the phenocopy is examined from the point of view of psychology. Two main uses are described: to refer to artificially induced versions of phenotypes usually associated with mutant genes and to designate naturally occurring alternate phenotypes which appear in different environments. It is argued that the traditional definition, an environmentally produced copy of a genetic character, perpetuates the misleading and invalid assumptio…
A sensitive period for the acquisition of a nonnative phonological system
A sensitive period for the acquisition of a nonnative phonological system
Evolution's Eye: A Systems View of the Biology-Culture Divide
I. Parity of reasoning.A prime characteristic of my method is an insistence on applying certain modes of reasoning consistently and rigorously, even in areas in which they are not customarily used.Parity-of-reasoning arguments (namely, what's sauce for the goose ... ) are especially useful in revealing hidden inequalities and questionable assumptions
Causal Democracy and Causal Contributions in Developmental Systems Theory
In reworking a variety of biological concepts, Developmental Systems Theory (DST) has made frequent use of parity of reasoning. We have done this to show, for instance, that factors that have similar sorts of impact on a developing organism tend nevertheless to be invested with quite different causal importance. We have made similar arguments about evolutionary processes. Together, these analyses have allowed DST not only to cut through some age-…
A sensitive period for the acquisition of a nonnative phonological system
What Does the Phenocopy Copy
The concept of the phenocopy is examined from the point of view of psychology. Two main uses are described: to refer to artificially induced versions of phenotypes usually associated with mutant genes and to designate naturally occurring alternate phenotypes which appear in different environments. It is argued that the traditional definition, an environmentally produced copy of a genetic character, perpetuates the misleading and invalid assumptio…
Bodies and Minds: Dualism in Evolutionary Theory
As more social scientists adopt an evolutionary perspective, it becomes increasingly important to reflect upon the relevance of evolutionary theory to human behavior. The distinction between biologically based “nature” and environmental “nurture,” however, continues to create conceptual difficulties. One problem is that “nature” tends to be associated with the body, so that the innate‐acquired distinction partially parallels the one between the b…
Is Phylogeny Recapitulating Ontogeny?
How Shall I Name Thee: The Construction of Natural Selves
The relation between Cartesian dualism and the developmental dualism of the nature-nurture dichotomy is discussed, with special attention to the treatment of subjectivity and agency. I argue that causal explanation need not drive out active subjects, as it so often seems to, and that it is especially questionable to attempt to solve questions of moral responsibility by weighing biological against environmental causes, or causes in general against…
Penser l'évolution: L'intégration du contexte dans l'étude de la phylogenèse, de l'ontogenèse et de la cognition
Thinking About Evolution : Integrating the Context in Ontogeny, Phytogeny and Cognition. This article comments on Piaget's treatment of internal and external causation in his writings on development, evolution and cognition. Piaget criticized internalist and programming models for their a priorism and implicit preformationism ; he also rejected externalism for its naive empiricism. He consistently tried, in fact, to construct a third way between …
The Accidental Chordate: Contingency in Developmental Systems
Research Article| April 01 1995 The Accidental Chordate: Contingency in Developmental Systems Susan Oyama Susan Oyama Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1995) 94 (2): 509–526. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-94-2-509 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Susan Oyama; The Accidental Chordate: Contingency in Developmental Systems. South At…
On the Concept of the Anatomically Modern Human: A Discussion on Tim Ingold's 'People Like Us' (1995)
The Ontogeny of Information: Developmental Systems and Evolution
Causal Democracy and Causal Contributions in Developmental Systems Theory
In reworking a variety of biological concepts, Developmental Systems Theory (DST) has made frequent use of parity of reasoning. We have done this to show, for instance, that factors that have similar sorts of impact on a developing organism tend nevertheless to be invested with quite different causal importance. We have made similar arguments about evolutionary processes. Together, these analyses have allowed DST not only to cut through some age-…
Evolution's Eye: A Systems View of the Biology-Culture Divide
I. Parity of reasoning.A prime characteristic of my method is an insistence on applying certain modes of reasoning consistently and rigorously, even in areas in which they are not customarily used.Parity-of-reasoning arguments (namely, what's sauce for the goose ... ) are especially useful in revealing hidden inequalities and questionable assumptions
Friends, Neighbors, and Boundaries
I’ll forgo the usual primer on Developmental Systems Theory (DST) for this little intervention: as a perspective, however, it will be holographically present, and some of its features will be made explicit along the way. Instead, I’ll just sketch some problems I’ve been thinking about, all of which circle around the theme of boundaries in organism-environment systems. For reasons that will become evident, in addressing the developmental systems f…
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