期刊名称：Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1944-1088
电子版ISSN：1944-1096
出版年度：2015
卷号：6
期号：4
页码：376-388
出版社：Guild of Independent Scholars
摘要：Published in 1872, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is the only psychological book Darwin wrote. Based on the observations from him and others, Darwin concludes three principles to explain emotional expression of both human and animals. It is currently believed that the principles are non-Darwin because it is hard to find natural selection, the vital finding of Darwin's former works, in the book. This article argues the expression of emotions is regarded by Darwin as a kind of instinct and subject to natural selection. A statistical inquiry into the observational evidence in the book shows the differences among the three principles. Natural selection functions in the first two principles, the second principle is subordinate to the first. They also differentiate in scope of application and level of innovation.
