Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution

In this article I reconsider Laibman’s Deep history (2007) in the light of Niles Eldredge and Stephan Jay Gould’s theory of punctuated equilibrium. I argue that the theory of punctuated equilibrium explains (1) why conceptions of inevitability and directionality in intellectual evolution may not be...

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Auteur principal:	Altug Yalcintas
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Publié:	Editura ASE Bucuresti 2012
Sujets:	Punctuated equilibrium Continual progress Perfection Intellectual path dependence Economics as a science HB71-74
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9a1c0f2801854335b37e5955414571e72021-12-02T08:36:32ZBetween a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution1843-22981844-8208https://doaj.org/article/9a1c0f2801854335b37e5955414571e72012-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.jpe.ro/poze/articole/87.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1843-2298https://doaj.org/toc/1844-8208In this article I reconsider Laibman’s Deep history (2007) in the light of Niles Eldredge and Stephan Jay Gould’s theory of punctuated equilibrium. I argue that the theory of punctuated equilibrium explains (1) why conceptions of inevitability and directionality in intellectual evolution may not be as useful as Laibman thinks they are in the context of social evolution and (2) why stasis (that is, intellectual path dependence) in intellectual evolution does not allow different pathways of thought to converge.Altug YalcintasEditura ASE BucurestiarticlePunctuated equilibriumContinual progressPerfectionIntellectual path dependenceEconomics as a scienceHB71-74DEENFRJournal of Philosophical Economics, Vol VI, Iss 1 (2012)
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description	In this article I reconsider Laibman’s Deep history (2007) in the light of Niles Eldredge and Stephan Jay Gould’s theory of punctuated equilibrium. I argue that the theory of punctuated equilibrium explains (1) why conceptions of inevitability and directionality in intellectual evolution may not be as useful as Laibman thinks they are in the context of social evolution and (2) why stasis (that is, intellectual path dependence) in intellectual evolution does not allow different pathways of thought to converge.
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title	Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution
title_short	Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution
title_full	Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution
title_fullStr	Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution
title_full_unstemmed	Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution
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Between a rock and a hard place: second thoughts on Laibman’s Deep History and the theory of punctuated equilibrium with regard to intellectual evolution

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