Darwinism and the Behavioral Theory of Sociocultural Evolution
An Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2209397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Langton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 288-309 |
| Publication date | 1979-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/227011 |
| OpenAlex | W2106058247 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper challenges the widely held view that the social sciences are theoretically impoverished disciplines which have failed to develop anything comparable to the paradigms used in the natural sciences. More precisely, the aim is to demonstrate that the synthesis of an abstract, Darwinian model of systematic adaptation and the bahavioral principles of social learning produces a theory of sociocultural evolution having the logical structure and explanatory power of the theory of natural selection presented in On the Origin of Species
Adaptation (eye) · Biology · Cognitive science · Darwinism · Epistemology · Explanatory power · Memetics · Natural (archaeology) · Natural selection · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Social science · Social theory · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Artificial Intelligence · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Child and Animal Learning Development · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Philosophy · Psychology
Elements of evolutionism in Max Weber?s socio-musical theory of rationalization
Evolutionism and its Critics
The Organization of Coercion in History
Dynamic Functionalism
Boas, Darwin, Science, and Anthropology
Bringing Social Norms Back In
On rhetorical knowing
The Role of Natural Selection in the Evolution of Culture
Transgenerational Cultural Dynamics
Publius and Political Anthropology
The Selectionist Paradigm
Science and Human Behavior
Animal Species and Evolution
On the Law of Effect 1
Social learning theory
The Conduct of Inquiry
The Irreducibility of Social Change
Karl Marx's Interpretation of History
Natural selection in The Origin of Species
A Behavioral Model of Man
History and Social Change
The Logic of Social Systems
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2013 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |