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Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy Series Editor Editorial Board Peter Koslowski F. Neil Brady James M. Buchanan Richard De George Jon Elster Amitai Etzioni Gerard Gafgen Serge-Christophe Kolm Michael S. McPherson Yuichi Shionoya Philippe Van Parijs Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy P. Koslowski (Ed.) P. Koslowski and A. FfIlliesdal (Eds.) Ethics in Economics, Business, and Restructuring the Welfare State Economic Policy (out of print) Theory and Reform of Social Policy X, 178 pages. 1992. VIII, 402. pages. 1997 ISBN 3-540-55359-2. ISBN 3-540-62.035-4 P. Koslowski and Y. Shionoya (Eds.) G. Erreygers and T. Vandevelde The Good and the Economical Is Inheritance Legitimater Ethical Choices in Economics and Ethical and Economic Aspects Management (out of print) of Wealth Transfers X, 2.02. pages. 1993 X, 2.36 pages. 1997 ISBN 3-540-57339-9 ISBN 3-540-62.72.5-1 H. De Geer (Ed.) P. Koslowski (Ed.) 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Koslowski Order Ethics of Capitalism and Critique XII, 360 pages. 1998 of Sociobiology. 1\vo Essays with ISBN 3-540-64043-6 a Comment by James M. Buchanan IX, 142. pages. 1996 Amitai Etzioni ISBN 3-540-61035-9 Essays in Socio-Economics XII, 182. pages. 1999 F. Neil Brady (Ed.) ISBN 3-540-64466-0 Ethical Universals in International Business X, 2.46 pages. 1996 ISBN 3-540-61588-1 Peter Koslowski (Ed.) Sociobiology and Bioeconomics The Theory of Evolution in Biological and Economic Theory With 18 Figures and Table 1 , Springer Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Peter Koslowski Hannover Institute of Philosophical Research - Forschungsinstitut rur Philosophie Hannover Centre for Ethical Economy and Business Culture Gerberstrasse 26 D-30169 Hannover Germany Published with the Support of STIPTUNG FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT PUR PHILOSOPHIE HANNOVER ISBN 978-3-642-08470-6 Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Sociobiology and bioeconomics: the theory of evolution in biological and eco nomic theory I Peter Koslowski (ed.). (Studies in economic ethics and philosophy) ISBN 978-3-642-08470-6 ISBN 978-3-662-03825-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-03825-3 This work is subject to copyright. AlI rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprint ing, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. 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Hardcover Design: Erich Kirchner, Heidelberg SPIN 1070131S 4lhlOl-S 4 3 1 1 o - Printed on acid-free paper Preface The volume at hand publishes the proceedings of the conference "Develop mental Systems, Competition, and Cooperation in Sociobiology and Eco nomics", a "Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy (SEEP)-Conference" held at Marienrode Monastery, Hildesheim-Marienrode near Hannover, Ger many, on 24-28 April 1996. This "Studies in Economic Ethics and Philoso phy (SEEP)-Conference" was made possible by the support of the Stiftung Forschungsinstitut fUr Philosophie Hannover ~ Foundation Hannover Insti tute of Philosophical Research. The editor wishes to thank his co-workers at the Forschungsinstitut fUr Philosophie Hannover for their assistance in organizing the conference at Ma rienrode and Anna Maria Hauk M.A. and Bettina Lohnert M.A. for their as sistance in preparing the computerized version of this book. A special word of gratitude is due the Stiftung Forschungsinstitut fOr Phi losophie Hannover whose financial support made the conference in 1996 pos sible. Hannover, September 1998 P. K. Contents Preface ......................................................................................... V Sociobiology, Theory of Evolution, and Bioeconomics Introduction PETER KOSLOWSKI ......................................................................... 1 Part I Neo-Darwinian Synthesis, Sociobiology, and the Economy of Nature Chapter 1 Darwinian Monism: The Economy of Nature MICHAEL T. GHISELIN .................................................................... 7 Chapter 2 Coercion TIM CLUTION-BROCK and GEOFF A. PARKER .................................. 25 Chapter 3 Does the Second Law of Thermodynamics Refute the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis? BRUCE H. WEBER and DAVID 1. DEPEW ........................................... 50 CONTENTS Partll Natural Selection and Developmental Systems: Redrawing the Boundaries Between Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors of Evolution Chapter 4 Evolutionary and Developmental Formation: Politics of the Boundary SUSAN OyAMA ............................................................................ 79 Chapter 5 The Gene Is Dead -Long Live the Gene! Conceptualizing Genes the Constructionist Way EVAM. NEUMANN-HELD ............................................................. 105 Part ill Redrawing the Boundaries Between the Narratives of Evolutionary Biology and the Narratives of Hermeneutics, Mythology, and Philosophy Chapter 6 The Role of Hermeneutics in Biology SERGEY V. CHEBANOV ................................................................ 141 Chapter 7 Science and Mythology: a New "metaxu"? JACQUES VAlJI'HIER .................................................................... 173 vm CON1ENTS Chapter 8 What Is the Impact of a Philosophically Based Criticism of Socio-Biology on the Sientific Community? ALOYS HO'ITERMANN ................................................................. 183 Part IV Synergetics, Symbiosis and Cooperation in Sociology and Biology Chapter 9 Synergetics in Sociology and Biology HERMANN HAKEN .... ............... ............................ ........... ............ 199 Chapter 10 Symbiosis, Mutualism and Cooperation in Biological Evolution HANS-DIE1ER GOR1Z ................................................................. 219 Part V Evolutionary Biology and Economic Theory Chapter 11 Are Economic Systems Like Organisms? MAE-WAN HO ............................................................................ 237 IX CONTENTS Chapter 12 Darwinism and Economic Theory PE1ER T. SAUNDERS .................................................................. 259 Chapter 13 Evolutionary Economics and Evolutionary Biology ULRICHWITr ............................................................................ 279 Conclusion Chapter 14 The Theory of Evolution as Sociobiology and Bioeconomics A Critique of Its Claim to Totality PETER KOSLOWSKI ..................................................................... 301 List of Authors .......................................................................... 329 Index of Names .......................................................................... 331 x Sociobiology, Theory of Evolution, and Bioeconomics Introduction PETER KOSLOWSKI To the Memory of Reinhard LOw (1949-1994), Outstanding Scholar ofNaturphilosophie Sociobiology forms a unifying theory of the social interactions in the human and in the animal world. Its principle unifying human and animal so cieties is the maximisation of genetic fitness by the individual. The maxi misation of genetic fitness forms the basic "teleology" of the individual in society. As an application of the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis of evolution theory sociobiology extends Darwinian evolutionary theory to the realm of the social and economic sciences. Sociobiology becomes bioeconomics or the analysis of the economy of nature since individuals and species compete for the same scarce resources of nature to maximise their inclusive fitness and the survival of their off-spring. To make economic use of the resources of nature is a necessary part of maximising inclusive fitness. The life sciences are led by their own research to economic theory for being able to analyse the eco nomy of nature. To live means to make economic use of one's own resources and of those of one's environment. Wasting resources implies reducing the development of life forms. The acknowledgment of the economy of nature and the importance of eco nomic laws in the natural and in the social evolution as well as in their co evolution is a feature shared by the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis and evolutio nism on the one hand and the older natural right tradition on the other. The laws of nature and of its economy form constraints on the variations of hu man culture that can be extended and modified but can be done so only with
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