abstract: The evolution (sensu lato) of the cosmos can be divided in three phases: cosmological evolution (sensu stricto), biological evolution and cultural evolution.Analogies between biological and cultural evolution date from the nineteenth century although it is only in the past two decades that so-called cultural evolution research has exploded.By contrast, comparisons between cosmological evolution and either biological or cultural evolution are uncommon.Here, we compare these three kinds of evoluti
journal: Philosophy and Cosmology