The evolutionary dynamics of complex systems : a study in biosocial complexity
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The evolutionary dynamics of complex systems : a study in biosocial complexity
（Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology）
Oxford University Press, 1988
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Bibliography: p. 153-157
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines sociobiology and evolution from the scientific and philosophical perspectives. Both sociobiology and evolution are areas of modern biology fraught with controversy and misunderstanding, yet fundamental to a coherent view of human life. For scientists and philosophers of science, at issue are the basic underpinnings of biology: explanation, determination, teleology, reductionism, and hierarchy.
Professor Dyke describes the controversies involved, and argues that progress in sociobiology and evolution is hindered by an outmoded philosophical view of science - one that does not adequately take into account recent advances in our understanding of basic biological processes. The author aims to shift the focus from a philosophical understanding of biology to a dynamic, philosophically aware science.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Explanation, possibility, and determinism
- The structure of emergence
- Complexity and closure
- Layers, loops, and levels
- Nature and convention
- The evolution of second nature
- Negotiating social space
- The formative dynamics of cities
- Toward a social dynamics.
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