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Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology. /
This collection of specially commissioned essays puts top scholars head to head to debate the central issues in the lively and fast growing field of philosophy of biology: Brings together original essays on ten of the most hotly debated questions in philosophy of biology; Lively head-to-head debate...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell Pub.,
2010.
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| Colección: | Contemporary debates in philosophy ;
12. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- It is possible to reduce biological explanations to explanations in chemistry and/or physics / Evelyn Fox Keller
- It is not possible to reduce biological explanations to explanations in chemistry and/or physics / John Dupré
- Traits have evolved to function the way they do because of a past advantage / Mark Perlman
- Traits have not evolved to function the way they do because of a past advantage / Robert Cummins and Martin Roth
- Species are real biological entities / Michael F. Claridge
- Species are not uniquely real biological entities / Brent D. Mishler
- Selection does operate primarily on genes : in defense of the gene as the unit of selection / Carmen Sapienza
- Selection does not operate primarily on genes / Richard M. Burian
- Microevolution and macroevolution are governed by the same processes / Michael R. Dietrich
- Microevolution and macroevolution are not governed by the same processes / Douglas H. Erwin
- Evolutionary developmental biology offers a significant challenge to the neo-Darwinian paradigm / Manfred D. Laubichler
- Evolutionary developmental biology does not offer a significant challenge to the neo-Darwinian paradigm / Alessandro Minelli
- The basic components of the human mind were solidified during the Pleistocene epoch / Valerie G. Starratt and Todd K. Shackelford
- The basic components of the human mind were not solidified during the Pleistocene epoch / Stephen M. Downes
- Memetics does provide a useful way of understanding cultural evolution / Susan Blackmore
- Memetics does not provide a useful way of understanding cultural evolution : a developmental perspective / William C. Wimsatt
- The biological sciences can act as a ground for ethics / Michael Ruse
- What the biological sciences can and cannot contribute to ethics / Francisco J. Ayala
- There is a place for intelligent design in the philosophy of biology : intelligent design in (philosophy of) biology : some legitimate roles / Del Ratzsch
- There is no place for intelligent design in the philosophy of biology : intelligent design is not science / Francisco J. Ayala.