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Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology

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Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

14.12.2009

Herausgeber

Ayala Francisco J. + weitere

Verlag

Wiley

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440

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24,6/17,5/2,8 cm

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916 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4051-5998-2

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

14.12.2009

Herausgeber

Verlag

Wiley

Seitenzahl

440

Maße (L/B/H)

24,6/17,5/2,8 cm

Gewicht

916 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4051-5998-2

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
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DE

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  • Produktbild: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology

  • Notes on Contributors ix

    General Introduction 1

    References and Further Reading 7

    Part I Is It Possible To Reduce Biological Explanations To Explanations In Chemistry and/or Physics? 13

    Introduction 13

    References and Further Reading 15

    1 It is Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics 19
    Evelyn Fox Keller

    2 It is Not Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics 32
    John Dupré

    Part II Have Traits Evolved To Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage? 49

    Introduction 49

    References and Further Reading 51

    3 Traits Have Evolved to Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage 53
    Mark Perlman

    4 Traits Have Not Evolved to Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage 72
    Robert Cummins and Martin Roth

    Part III Are Species Real? 87

    Introduction 87

    References and Further Reading 88

    5 Species Are Real Biological Entities 91
    Michael F. Claridge

    6 Species Are Not Uniquely Real Biological Entities 110
    Brent D. Mishler

    Part IV Does Selection Operate Primarily On Genes? 123

    Introduction 123

    References and Further Reading 125

    7 Selection Does Operate Primarily on Genes: In Defense of the Gene as the Unit of Selection 127
    Carmen Sapienza

    8 Selection Does Not Operate Primarily on Genes 141
    Richard M. Burian

    Part V Are Microevolution and Macroevolution Governed By the Same Processes? 165

    Introduction 165

    References and Further Reading 166

    9 Microevolution and Macroevolution Are Governed by the Same Processes 169
    Michael R. Dietrich

    10 Microevolution and Macroevolution Are Not Governed by the Same Processes 180
    Douglas H. Erwin

    Part VI Does Evolutionary Developmental Biology Offer a Significant Challenge To the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm? 195

    Introduction 195

    References and Further Reading 197

    11 Evolutionary Developmental Biology Offers a Significant Challenge to the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm 199
    Manfred D. Laubichler

    12 Evolutionary Developmental Biology Does Not Offer a Significant Challenge to the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm 213
    Alessandro Minelli

    Part VII Were the Basic Components of the Human Mind Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch? 227

    Introduction 227

    References and Further Reading 228

    13 The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch 231
    Valerie G. Starratt and Todd K. Shackelford

    14 The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Not Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch 243
    Stephen M. Downes

    Part VIII Does Memetics Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution? 253

    Introduction 253

    References and Further Reading 254

    15 Memetics Does Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution 255
    Susan Blackmore

    16 Memetics Does Not Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution: A Developmental Perspective 273
    William C. Wimsatt

    Part IX Can the Biological Sciences Act As a Ground For Ethics? 293

    Introduction 293

    References and Further Reading 295

    17 The Biological Sciences Can Act as a Ground for Ethics 297
    Michael Ruse

    18 What the Biological Sciences Can and Cannot Contribute to Ethics 316
    Francisco J. Ayala

    Part X Is There a Place For Intelligent Design In the Philosophy of Biology? 337

    Introduction 337

    References and Further Reading 340

    19 There is a Place for Intelligent Design in the Philosophy of Biology: Intelligent Design in (Philosophy of) Biology: Some Legitimate Roles 343
    Del Ratzsch

    20 There is No Place for Intelligent Design in the Philosophy of Biology: Intelligent Design is Not Science 364
    Francisco J. Ayala

    Index 391