Informacyjny most między biologią a socjologią

Kamil M. Kaczmarek

doi:10.31648/hip.717

Published: 2018-09-101

No. 18 (2012)

Informational bridge between biology and sociology

Kamil M. Kaczmarek

Humanities and Natural Sciences

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.31648/hip.717

Abstract

The discussion among philosophers of biology ongoing for several years on the concept of information in biology can shed light on past failures to apply Darwinian theory to culture based on this concept. It reveals the far-reaching homologies between the biological and sociocultural world, which allows to refine the sociological Darwinism program at the crucial points.

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information, Darwinism, analogy, sociology

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