Philosophy of biology
著者
書誌事項
Philosophy of biology
（Dimensions of philosophy series）
Westview Press, 1993
- : hbk
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全12件
注記
Bibliography: p. 217-224
Includes index
内容説明・目次
- 巻冊次
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: hbk ISBN 9780813307855
内容説明
A guide to some of the developments that have occurred in the philosophy of biology. Covering such issues as evolutionary theory, creationism, teleology, nature versus nurture and sociobiology, this book provides an overview of the current state of play in this rapidly-changing discipline.
目次
- What is evolutionary theory?
- creationism
- fitness
- the units of selection problem
- adaptationism
- systematics
- sociobiology and the extension of evolutionary theory.
- 巻冊次
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: pbk ISBN 9780813308241
内容説明
The philosophy of biology has recently seen some of the most dramatic activity among the philosophies of the special sciences. In this new textbook, Elliott Sober introduces the reader to the most important of these developments.Sober engages both the higher level of theory and the direct implications for such controversial issues as creationism, teleology, nature versus nurture, and sociobiology. Above all, the reader will gain from this book a firm grasp of the structure of evolutionary theory, the evidence for it, and the scope of its explanatory significance. }Perhaps because of its implications for our understanding of human nature, recent philosophy of biology has seen what may be the most dramatic work in the philosophies of the special sciences. This drama has centered on evolutionary theory, and in this new textbook, Elliott Sober introduces the reader to the most important of these developments. With a rare combination of technical sophistication and clarity of expression, Sober engages both the higher level of theory and the direct implications for such controversial issues as creationism, teleology, nature versus nurture, and sociobiology.
Above all, the reader will gain from this book a firm grasp of the structure of evolutionary theory, the evidence for it, and the scope of its explanatory significance. }
目次
- What Is Evolutionary Theory? Creationism
- Fitness
- The Units of Selection Problem
- Adaptationism
- Systematics
- Sociobiology and the Extension of Evolutionary Theory.
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