Hossein Jorjani First publication: 2026 – 08 – 02 The emergence of sociobiology during the second half of the twentieth century represented one of the earliest systematic attempts to interpret human social behavior within an evolutionary framework. By emphasizing that human societies are products of biological evolution, it stimulated valuable dialogue between biology and theContinue reading “Excursus 126 – On the Methodological Limits of Classical Sociobiology”
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Excursus 077 – On the Epistemological Consequences of Pedagogical Simplification
Hossein Jorjani First publication: 2026 – 07 – 19 Introductory scientific education necessarily relies on simplified examples. Such examples are indispensable for teaching fundamental concepts before introducing the complexity of real scientific phenomena. Yet prolonged reliance on pedagogical simplifications may have unintended epistemological consequences. Students may gradually come to regard the simplified model not merelyContinue reading “Excursus 077 – On the Epistemological Consequences of Pedagogical Simplification”
Excursus 028 – On Individual Variations
Hossein Jorjani First publication: 2026 – 06 – 30 Bacon, like many early modern thinkers, treated the human intellect as though its fundamental tendencies were largely uniform across individuals. He gave little attention to variation among persons or cultures, nor did he consider that cognitive dispositions might differ as a consequence of genetic differences, education,Continue reading “Excursus 028 – On Individual Variations”
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