Philosophy of biology
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Philosophy of biology
（Dimensions of philosophy series）
Westview Press, 1993
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 217-224
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: hbk ISBN 9780813307855
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- What is evolutionary theory?
- creationism
- fitness
- the units of selection problem
- adaptationism
- systematics
- sociobiology and the extension of evolutionary theory.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780813308241
Description
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. }
Table of Contents
- What Is Evolutionary Theory? Creationism
- Fitness
- The Units of Selection Problem
- Adaptationism
- Systematics
- Sociobiology and the Extension of Evolutionary Theory.
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