Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
3-2019
Abstract
A decade ago, Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa and Dr. Geoffrey Miller, two renowned evolutionary psychologists, participated in a debate on whether evolutionary psychologists should focus on Asia in their quest to establish a stronghold in the general field of psychology. Despite painstaking efforts to foster greater receptiveness among Western psychologists toward an evolutionary perspective of psychological phenomena, most still seem to be critically reserved toward it; favoring instead proximate sociocultural explanations of psychological phenomena as stipulated by the standard social science model. Facing such an inertia, Miller suggested that it may perhaps be wise to re-direct the field's efforts on the up-and-coming Asia region, to potentially secure better prospects for the field of evolutionary psychology. Kanazawa, however, opposed such a notion and expressed considerable doubt on whether Asia would be worth the effort.
Keywords
Geoffrey Miller, Satoshi Kanazawa, debate, Asia, future of evolutionary psychology, response, opinion
Discipline
Asian Studies | Psychology
Publication
Frontiers in Psychology
Volume
10
First Page
547:1
Last Page
4
ISSN
1664-1078
Identifier
10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00547
Publisher
Frontiers Media
Citation
LEE, Sean Teck Hao.(2019). Revisiting the Miller-Kanazawa debate: Should Asia be afforded more attention from evolutionary psychologists?. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 547:1-4.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2844
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00547