Our own species evolved under the influence of group selection, as Darwin emphasized when he discussed the evolution of altruism.
Elliott SoberI disagree with the widely held view that it is metaphysical necessity, not nomological, that matters in the mind/body problem.
Elliott SoberJust as thought experiments can't show that vitalism is true (or that it is false), they also can't show that dualism is true (or that it is false).
Elliott SoberI don't endorse deism or interventionist theism. My point is just that evolutionary biology is logically compatible with the former and with some versions of the latter.
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