Sociobiology and bioeconomics : the theory of evolution in biological and economic theory
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Sociobiology and bioeconomics : the theory of evolution in biological and economic theory
（Studies in economic ethics and philosophy）
Springer, c1999
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"Published with the support of Stiftung Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover"--T.p. verso
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The volume at hand publishes the proceedings of the conference "Develop- mental Systems, Competition, and Cooperation in Sociobiology and Eco- nomics", a "Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy (SEEP)-Conference" held at Marienrode Monastery, Hildesheim-Marienrode near Hannover, Ger- many, on 24-28 April 1996. This "Studies in Economic Ethics and Philoso- phy (SEEP)-Conference" was made possible by the support of the Stiftung Forschungsinstitut fUr Philosophie Hannover ~ Foundation Hannover Insti- tute of Philosophical Research. The editor wishes to thank his co-workers at the Forschungsinstitut fUr Philosophie Hannover for their assistance in organizing the conference at Ma- rienrode and Anna Maria Hauk M. A. and Bettina Lohnert M. A. for their as- sistance in preparing the computerized version of this book. A special word of gratitude is due the Stiftung Forschungsinstitut fOr Phi- losophie Hannover whose financial support made the conference in 1996 pos- sible. Hannover, September 1998 P. K. Contents Preface ...V Sociobiology, Theory of Evolution, and Bioeconomics Introduction PETER KOSLOWSKI ...1
Part I Neo-Darwinian Synthesis, Sociobiology, and the Economy of Nature Chapter 1 Darwinian Monism: The Economy of Nature MICHAEL T. GHISELIN ...7 Chapter 2 Coercion TIM CLUTION-BROCK and GEOFF A. PARKER ...25 Chapter 3 Does the Second Law of Thermodynamics Refute the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis? BRUCE H. WEBER and DAVID 1. DEPEW ...50 CONTENTS Partll Natural Selection and Developmental Systems: Redrawing the Boundaries Between Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors of Evolution Chapter 4 Evolutionary and Developmental Formation: Politics of the Boundary SUSAN OyAMA ...
Table of Contents
PREFACE
Peter Koslowski: Sociobiology, Theory of Evolution, and Bioeconomics - Introduction
PART I: NEO-DARWINIAN SYNTHESIS, SOCIOBIOLOGY, AND THE ECONOMY OF NATURE
1. Michael T. Ghiselin: Darwinian Monism: The Economy of Nature
2. Tim Clutton-Brock and Geoff A. Parker: Coercion
3. Bruce H. Weber and David J. Depew: Does the Second Law of Thermodynamics Refute the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis?
PART II: NATURAL SELECTION AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS: REDRAWING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC FACTORS OF EVOLUTION
4. Susan Oyama: Evolutionary and Developmental Formation: Politics of the Boundary
5. Eva M. Neumann-Held: The Gene is Dead - Long Live the Gene! Conceptualizing Genes the Constructionist Way
PART III:REDRAWING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE NARRATIVES OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND THE NARRATIVES OF HERMENEUTICS, MYTHOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY
6. Sergey V. Chebanov: The Role of Hermeneutics in Biology
7. Jacques Vauthier: Science and Mythology: a New 'metaxu'?
8. Aloys Huttermann: What is the Impact of a Philosophically Based Criticism of Socio-Biology on the Scientific Community?
PART IV: SYNERGETICS, SYMBIOSIS AND COOPERATION IN SOCIOLOGY AND BIOLOGY
9. Hermann Haken: Synergetics in Sociology and Biology
10.Hans-Dieter Goertz: Symbiosis, Mutualism and Cooperation in Biological Evolution
PART V: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND ECONOMIC THEORY
11.Mae-Wan Ho: Are Economic Systems Like Organisms?
12.Peter T. Saunders: Darwinism and Economic Theory
13.Ulrich Witt: Evolutionary Economics and Evolutionary Biology
CONCLUSION
14.Peter Koslowski: The Theory of Evolution as Sociobiology and Bioeconomics. A Critique of Its Claim to Universality LIST OF AUTHORS
INDEX OF NAMES
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