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Science, politics, and evolution /
This book brings together important essays by one of the leading philosophers of science at work today. Elisabeth A. Lloyd examines several of the central topics in philosophy of biology, including the structure of evolutionary theory, units of selection, and evolutionary psychology, as well as the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book brings together important essays by one of the leading philosophers of science at work today. Elisabeth A. Lloyd examines several of the central topics in philosophy of biology, including the structure of evolutionary theory, units of selection, and evolutionary psychology, as well as the Science Wars, feminism and science, and sexuality and objectivity. Lloyd challenges the current evolutionary accounts of the female orgasm and analyses them for bias. She also offers an innovative analysis of the concept of objectivity. Lloyd analyses the structure of evolutionary theory and unlocks the puzzle of the units of selection debates into four distinct aspects, illuminating several mysteries in the biology literature. Central to all essays in this book is the author's abiding concern for evidence and empirical data. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 301 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139129343 1139129341 9780511619724 0511619723 1107178797 9781107178793 1283329883 9781283329880 9786613329882 6613329886 1139134396 9781139134392 1139132180 9781139132183 0511504144 9780511504143 0511506287 9780511506284 |