This volume is devoted principally to the theme of behavioral
develop ment. The study of ontogeny has attracted some of the most
bitter and protracted controversies in the whole field of ethology
and psychology. This is partly because the arguments have reflected
more general and continuing ideological battles about nature and
nurture. In the opening essay, Oppenheim shows how these debates
have recurred in much the same form over the last century. His
chapter also brings out a more worrying feature of such argument.
He demonstrates that authors who are well known for their strongly
held partisan views have written in much more balanced ways than is
usually admitted. Although the ex cluded middle is familiar enough
in academic argument, the dynamic tensions actually present in
developing systems may be particularly prone to polarize debate
about what is actually happening. This point is elegantly explored
by Oyama in her essay on her concept of maturation."
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