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Buller's Adapting Minds
I read this a while back but have been putting off writing about it while I thought about it (and until I reread at least parts of it). Some parts I think are mistaken and some need more work, but it is mostly an interesting critique of Evolutionary Psychology.
The hardest to follow, and where I think the most potential benefit lies, is in Chapter 4 on modularity of minds. One big problem for evolutionary psychology is its claim for "massive modularity" versus the well established plasticity of minds at the neural level, and that all memory and mental function relies completely on the neural plasticity.
I haven't read Adapting Minds, but I've seen responses to it by evolutionary psychologists. You can find a bunch of them on Cosmides' and Tooby's website
See this one by Delton, Robertson, and Kenrick for instance:
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Another negative review from Machery and Barrett concluded:
The arguments of Buller's critics seem well-reasoned and well-cited, though someone who has read his book would have to confirm that they are fair to him.
Has anyone from evolutionary biology proper weighed in with a critique of Buller? Even Buller's critics admit that the book was well received generally in the academic press.