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title: "Universal Darwinism"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Darwinism"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T03:38:09.761567+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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=== Other Darwinian extensions ===
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Quantum Darwinism sees the emergence of classical states in physics as a natural selection of the most stable quantum properties
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Cosmological natural selection hypothesizes that universes reproduce and are selected for having fundamental constants that maximize "fitness"
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Complex adaptive systems models the dynamics of complex systems in part on the basis of the variation and selection of its components
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Evolutionary archaeology is a Darwinian approach to the cultural evolution of tools
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Evolutionary computation is a Darwinian approach to the generation of adapted computer programs
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Genetic algorithms, a subset of evolutionary computation, models variation by "genetic" operators (mutation and recombination)
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Evolutionary robotics applies Darwinian algorithms to the design of autonomous robots
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Artificial life uses Darwinian algorithms to let organism-like computer agents evolve in a software simulation
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Evolutionary art uses variation and selection to produce works of art
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Evolutionary music does the same for works of music
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Clonal selection theory sees the creation of adapted antibodies in the immune system as a process of variation and selection
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Neural Darwinism proposes that neurons and their synapses are selectively pruned during brain development
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Evolutionary epistemology of theories assumes that scientific theories develop through variation and selection
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Memetics is a theory of the variation, transmission, and selection of cultural items, such as ideas, fashions, and traditions
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Dual inheritance theory a framework for cultural evolution developed largely independently of memetics
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Cultural selection theory is a theory of cultural evolution related to memetics
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Cultural materialism is an anthropological approach that contends that the physical world impacts and sets constraints on human behavior.
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Environmental determinism is a social science theory that proposes that it is the environment that ultimately determines human culture.
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Evolutionary economics studies the variation and selection of economic phenomena, such as commodities, technologies, institutions and organizations.
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Evolutionary ethics investigates the origin of morality, and uses Darwinian foundations to formulate ethical values
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Big History is the science-based narrative integrating the history of the universe, earth, life, and humanity. Scholars consider Universal Darwinism to be a possible unifying theme for the discipline.
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== Books ==
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Campbell, John. Universal Darwinism: the path of knowledge.
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Cziko, Gary. Without Miracles: Universal Selection Theory and the Second Darwinian Revolution.
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Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin; Knudsen, Thorbjorn. Darwin's Conjecture: The Search for General Principles of Social and Economic Evolution.
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Kelley, D. B. The Origin of Everything via Universal Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Systems in Contention for Existence.
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Plotkin, Henry. Evolutionary Worlds without End.
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Plotkin, Henry. Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge.
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Dennett, Daniel. Darwin's Dangerous Idea.
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== See also ==
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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UniversalSelection.com |