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How biology shapes philosophy : new foundations for naturalism /
How Biology Shapes Philosophy' is a seminal contribution to the emerging field of biophilosophy. It brings together work by philosophers who draw on biology to address traditional and not so traditional philosophical questions and concerns. Thirteen essays by leading figures in the field explor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover ; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Epigraph ; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Biophilosophy; 1 Darwin and the Overdue Demise of Essentialism; 2 Darwinism as Philosophy: Can the Universal Acid Be Contained?; 3 Animal Evolution and the Origins of Experience; 4 Neurophilosophy; 5 Teleosemantics; 6 The Methodological Argument for Informational Teleosemantics; 7 Nature's Purposes and Mine; 8 Biology and the Theory of Rationality; 9 Evolution and Ethical Life; 10 Human Nature
- 11 A Postgenomic Perspective on Sex and Gender12 Biophilosophy of Race; 13 How Philosophers "Learn" from Biology
- Reductionist and Antireductionist "Lessons"; References; Index