Thanks so much for your comments, Geoffrey! Just to clarify, Joe really deserves all the credit for this great report; I only provided feedback on drafts. That aside, I’m very sympathetic to the functional perspective you outline, which I’ve borrowed in other (unpublished) work from Peter Godfrey-Smith. Seems exactly right to me.
Bob (and Joe) - thanks for the thoughtful replies. Will mull this over a bit more before writing a proper response.
Fun fact: I used to hang out with Peter Godfrey-Smith in grad school, and his philosophy of evolutionary biology/psychology influenced some of my thinking as well (and maybe vice-versa).
Thanks so much for your comments, Geoffrey! Just to clarify, Joe really deserves all the credit for this great report; I only provided feedback on drafts. That aside, I’m very sympathetic to the functional perspective you outline, which I’ve borrowed in other (unpublished) work from Peter Godfrey-Smith. Seems exactly right to me.
Bob (and Joe) - thanks for the thoughtful replies. Will mull this over a bit more before writing a proper response.
Fun fact: I used to hang out with Peter Godfrey-Smith in grad school, and his philosophy of evolutionary biology/psychology influenced some of my thinking as well (and maybe vice-versa).