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Trees of Life : Essays in Philosophy of Biology /

This volume contains papers presented by New Zealand and American philosophers of biology during a recent visit to New Zealand by Elliott Sober. Some of the papers reveal a unique local perspective on current debates. Robin Craw's highly original contribution to the `evolutionary' philosop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Griffiths, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1992.
Colección:Australasian studies in history and philosophy of science ; 11.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Models of Cultural Evolution
  • Punctuated Equilibrium and Macroevolution
  • Margins of Cladistics: Identity, Difference and Place in the Emergence of Phylogenetic Systematics 1864-1975
  • Adaptive Explanation and the Concept of a Vestige
  • Selection, Drift and the Aims of Evolutionary Theory
  • Death of the Gene: Developmental Systems Strike Back
  • Ontogeny and Phylogeny: A Case of Metarecapitulation?
  • Against Ontogeny.