Philosophy of biology VS Evolutionary Psychology Many philosophers have criticized evolutionary psychology. Most of these critics are philosophers of biology For evolutionary psychologists, the most interesting contribution that evolutionary theory makes is the explanation of apparent design in nature or the explanation of the production of complex organs by appeal to natural selection. Evolutionary psychologists generate evolutionary hypotheses by 1. first finding apparent design in the world, say in our psychological make up, and then presenting a selective scenario that would have led to the production of the trait that exhibits apparent design 2. The hypotheses evolutionary psychologists generate, given that they are usually hypotheses about our psychological capacities, are tested by standard psychological methods Philosophers of biology challenge evolutionary psychologists on both of these pointsPhilosophy of biology vs. Evolutionary Psychology • Many philosophers have criticized evolutionary psychology. Most of these critics are philosophers of biology. • For evolutionary psychologists, the most interesting contribution that evolutionary theory makes is the explanation of apparent design in nature or the explanation of the production of complex organs by appeal to natural selection. Evolutionary psychologists generate evolutionary hypotheses by • 1. first finding apparent design in the world, say in our psychological make up, and then presenting a selective scenario that would have led to the production of the trait that exhibits apparent design. • 2.The hypotheses evolutionary psychologists generate, given that they are usually hypotheses about our psychological capacities, are tested by standard psychological methods. • Philosophers of biology challenge evolutionary psychologists on both of these points