-
position is also
called Panglossianism which became an term for excessive, even stupendous, optimism. The
phrase "
panglossian pessimism" has been used[by...
- "The
Spandrels of San
Marco and the
Panglossian Paradigm: A
Critique of the
Adaptationist Programme", also
known as the "Spandrels paper", is a paper...
-
influential 1979
paper entitled, "The
Spandrels of San
Marco and the
Panglossian Paradigm",
which introduced the
architectural term "spandrel" into evolutionary...
- into
biology in
their 1979
paper "The
Spandrels of San
Marco and the
Panglossian Paradigm: A
Critique of the
Adaptationist Programme".
Adaptationism is...
-
predates evolutionary thinking— and was
sometimes criticized for its "
Panglossian"
excesses (e.g., by
Bateson or Haldane),
concerns about the role of adaptationism...
- wide-ranging
liberal consensus. At
times this
might lead to a kind of
Panglossian world view
where every fetishist has his "fetishera ... for
every man...
- "spandrel", in an
influential 1979 paper, "The
Spandrels of San
Marco and the
Panglossian Paradigm: A
Critique of the
Adaptationist Programme." "Spandrels" were...
- criticised.
Primary among these is
Leibnizian optimism (sometimes
called Panglossianism after its
fictional proponent),
which Voltaire ridicules with descriptions...
-
recordings and live appearances,
including releasing two albums, The
Panglossian Momentum in 2020 and
Earthanasia in 2022.
Hands On Aard 008 (February...
- "Against Sociobiology" (1975) and "The
Spandrels of San
Marco and the
Panglossian Paradigm" (1979). The
Mismeasure of Man is a
critical analysis of the...
