Welcome to the Evolution and Philosophy website. If you have ever wondered why philosophy often seems to have tucked evolutionary theory off into some corner as a bit of theory too remote to have any real bearing on philosophy, you have come to the right place. I'm Kent Van Cleave. That concern started me on an amateur search for answers that turned into a developing career in philosophy of science and philosophy of mind. A brief account of that adventure is in the "Evolution" section of my bio. The real focus of this site, though, is some rather radical ideas and their justification. This website explores what I think are important insights into how evolutionary theory illuminates the origins, nature, and practice of philosophy -- not to mention general human behavior and psychology. My thinking has been influenced by many fields, including anthropology, neuropsychology, ethology, social psychology, developmental psychology, philosophy of mind, metaethics, and the philosophy of science. I think it ends up having important implications for these disciplines, and others.