According to the advocates of a "Generalized Darwinism" (GD), the three Darwinian principles of variation, selection …

According to the “Generalized Darwinism” movement (GD), the three principles of variation, selection and retention …

principles of such a "Generalized Darwinism" are not those that in the development of evolutionary biology have been crucial for … "Generalized Darwinism" can be made fruitful for evolutionary economics given that its principles are but an abstract hull that … little evidence in the literature for the claim that Generalized Darwinism can enhance the explanatory power of an …

theory. Two approaches to this question, Universal Darwinism and the continuity hypothesis, are presented in this paper. It … is shown whether abstract principles can be derived from Darwin’s explanatory model of biological evolution that can be … applied to cultural evolution. Furthermore, the relation of the ontological basis of biological and cultural evolution is …

Evolution is thought to occur in many disciplinary domains. Because of the intellectual attraction of the neo …-Darwinian theory of evolution, evolutionary processes in other domains are often conceptualized in terms of that theory. However, as … generic features of evolution which transcend all domain-specific characteristics. Two concrete features are discussed …

synthesizes and critically reviews the emerging traditions in the study of change dynamics. Three mainstream theories of evolution …

-based understanding of institutional evolution and livelihood formation vis-à-vis micro/macro-interventions. …

. This essay builds on previous arguments that Darwinism has a potentially wide application to socioeconomic evolution, which … does not involve biological reductionism. It is argued that at the core of Darwinism are presuppositions concerning …