-
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...
- into
biology in
their 1979
paper "The
Spandrels of San
Marco and the
Panglossian Paradigm: A
Critique of the
Adaptationist Programme".
Adaptationism is...
-
influential 1979
paper entitled, "The
Spandrels of San
Marco and the
Panglossian Paradigm",
which introduced the
architectural term "spandrel" into evolutionary...
-
predates evolutionary thinking— and was
sometimes criticized for its "
Panglossian"
excesses (e.g., by
Bateson or Haldane),
concerns about the role of adaptationism...
- "spandrel", in an
influential 1979 paper, "The
Spandrels of San
Marco and the
Panglossian Paradigm: A
Critique of the
Adaptationist Programme." "Spandrels" were...
- 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...
-
situation in
Accelerando as dire: In the
background of what
looks like a
Panglossian techno-optimist novel,
horrible things are happening. Most of humanity...
- DC (1987). "Reprint of
Intentional systems in
cognitive ethology: The
Panglossian paradigm defended (to p. 260)". The
Brain and
Behavioral Sciences. 6...
- criticised.
Primary among these is
Leibnizian optimism (sometimes
called Panglossianism after its
fictional proponent),
which Voltaire ridicules with descriptions...
