Tim Lewens is Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He is also a fellow of Clare College and Deputy Director of Cambridge's Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH). His research interests include the philosophy of biology, biomedical ethics, and general philosophy of science. His publications include Darwin (Routledge, 2007), a philosophical introduction to Darwin and Darwinism, Biological Foundations of Bioethics (OUP, 2015) and The Meaning of Science (forthcoming with Penguin in 2015).

Lewens' work greatly contributes to develop a renewed, more mature, debate on the nature of cultural evolution and, I believe, will stimulate more scholars to take part in it.

• Introduction: Darwinism in Dispute ; 1. What is Cultural Evolutionary Theory? ; 2. The Kinetic Theory of Culture ; 3. 'Culture is Information' ; 4. Human Nature in Theory ; 5. Human Nature in Practice ; 6. The Perils of Cultural Models ; 7. Populations, People, and Power ; 8. Cultural Adaptationism ; 9. Eclectic Evolution: The Case of the Emotions ; References ; Index

Tim Lewens is Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He is also a fellow of Clare College and Deputy Director of Cambridge's Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH). His research interests include the philosophy of biology, biomedical ethics, and general philosophy of science. His publications include Darwin (Routledge, 2007), a philosophical introduction to Darwin and Darwinism, Biological Foundations of Bioethics (OUP, 2015) and The Meaning of Science (forthcoming with Penguin in 2015).

Lewens' work greatly contributes to develop a renewed, more mature, debate on the nature of cultural evolution and, I believe, will stimulate more scholars to take part in it.

• Introduction: Darwinism in Dispute ; 1. What is Cultural Evolutionary Theory? ; 2. The Kinetic Theory of Culture ; 3. 'Culture is Information' ; 4. Human Nature in Theory ; 5. Human Nature in Practice ; 6. The Perils of Cultural Models ; 7. Populations, People, and Power ; 8. Cultural Adaptationism ; 9. Eclectic Evolution: The Case of the Emotions ; References ; Index

Tim Lewens is Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He is also a fellow of Clare College and Deputy Director of Cambridge's Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH). His research interests include the philosophy of biology, biomedical ethics, and general philosophy of science. His publications include Darwin (Routledge, 2007), a philosophical introduction to Darwin and Darwinism, Biological Foundations of Bioethics (OUP, 2015) and The Meaning of Science (forthcoming with Penguin in 2015).

Lewens' work greatly contributes to develop a renewed, more mature, debate on the nature of cultural evolution and, I believe, will stimulate more scholars to take part in it.

• Introduction: Darwinism in Dispute ; 1. What is Cultural Evolutionary Theory? ; 2. The Kinetic Theory of Culture ; 3. 'Culture is Information' ; 4. Human Nature in Theory ; 5. Human Nature in Practice ; 6. The Perils of Cultural Models ; 7. Populations, People, and Power ; 8. Cultural Adaptationism ; 9. Eclectic Evolution: The Case of the Emotions ; References ; Index