As some people here may remember. I have long been interested in similarities between historical materialism and Darwinian biology. Back in 1998, I wrote on this list about how G. A. Cohen's analysis of functional explanations as presented in his book *Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence* could shed light on the treatment of functional explanations as discussed by evolutionary biologists like Ernst Mayr.
http://www.marxmail.org/archives/july98/evolution.htm More recently, I have been interested in attempts by people like Paul Nolan and Alan Carling to present specifically Darwinian interpretations of historical materialism. Although not discussed in either price, I would note that attempts to draw analogies between Darwinian biology and historical materialism are nothing new. One can find such attempts in Engels, as well as Kautsky and Plekhanov, and many later writers too. https://www.quora.com/Is-Darwinism-like-communism/answer/Jim-Farmelant ( https://www.quora.com/Is-Darwinism-like-communism/answer/Jim-Farmelant ) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6344): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6344 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80609040/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
