The claim that the Darwinian paradigm of blind-variation-and-selective-retention can be generalized from the biological to the socio-cultural realm has often been questioned because of the critical role played by human purposeful design in the process of cultural evolution. In light of the issue...

Die Unterscheidung zwischen grundlegenden Ordnungsprinzipien und real existierenden Ordnungsformen ist entscheidend, wenn es darum geht, die tatsächlichen Ursachen von Erscheinungen zu identifizieren, die Anlass für Unzufriedenheit bieten, und um die Richtung identifizieren zu können, in die...

The claim that the Darwinian paradigm of blind-variation-and-selective-retention can be generalized from the biological to the socio-cultural realm has often been questioned because of the critical role played by human purposeful design in the process of cultural evolution. In light of the issue...