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This chapter develops a new account of social functionalism: presentist social functionalism. In particular, the chapter argues that social functionalism should be based on the actual bio-cultural selective or sorting pressures on the institution as it is now. The chapter shows how this idea can be deepened and underwritten with recent insights from evolutionary biology and the philosophy of biology. It also considers a number of the key objections to this kind of view that have been or could be proposed, and shows why they fail to be compelling.

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Presentist Social Functionalism—The Foundations

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    2025年

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  • Armin W. Schulz

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This chapter develops a new account of social functionalism: presentist social functionalism. In particular, the chapter argues that social functionalism should be based on the actual bio-cultural selective or sorting pressures on the institution as it is now. The chapter shows how this idea can be deepened and underwritten with recent insights from evolutionary biology and the philosophy of biology. It also considers a number of the key objections to this kind of view that have been or could be proposed, and shows why they fail to be compelling.