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Reasons to be fussy about subjective selection and super-attractors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2026

Tim Lewens Open the ORCID record for Tim Lewens [Opens in a new window]
Tim Lewens*
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Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK tml1000@cam.ac.uk
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Abstract

Singh’s notion of subjective selection is ambiguous between (i) the subjective selections of individual agents, and (ii) a form of cultural selection that ranges across populations. His notion of super-attraction is also ambiguous: it spells out a target for explanation, but also suggests a hypothesis for how these phenomena should be explained.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 49 , 2026 , e300
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press

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