A Critique of Dean's Memetic Theory by Dr. Richard Dawkins

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD student in Philosophy of Religion, Postgraduate Center, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Theology, Comparative Philosophy, Shahid Motahari University

3 Professor, Department of Philosophy and Theology, Philosophy of Religion, Qom University, Qom, Iran

10.30510/psi.2022.313852.2597

Abstract

The word was coined in the theory of memetics by Dawkins for the first time. Is. Dawkins' definition will come as the first definition in the text. Other people, such as Susan Blackmer, have "defined 3 memes" as "imitations." has done What distinguishes man from other animals can be summed up in one word. "Culture" and the word "culture" are comparable to gene transfer in that they create a kind of evolution (Dawkins, 1976, p. 273). The contemporaneity of this theory and the explanation of religion through evolutionary evolution can be considered as reasons for the importance of this theory. Dawkins' definition will come as the first definition in the text. The word was coined in the theory of memetics by Dawkins for the first time. Is. Dawkins' definition will come as the first definition in the text. Other people, such as Susan Blackmer, have "defined 3 memes" as "imitations." has done What distinguishes man from other animals can be summed up in one word. "Culture" and the word "culture" are comparable to gene transfer in that they create a kind of evolution (Dawkins, 1976, p. 273). The contemporaneity of this theory and the explanation of religion through evolutionary evolution can be considered as reasons for the importance of this theory. Dawkins' definition will come as the first definition in the text.

Keywords

Political Sociology of Iran
Volume 5, Issue 12
February 2023
Pages 1497-1509

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics