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The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology
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The philosophy of biology is one of the most exciting new areas in the field of philosophy and one that is attracting much attention from working scientists. This Companion, edited by two of the founders of the field, includes newly commissioned essays by senior scholars and up-and-coming younger scholars who collectively examine the main areas of the subject - the nature of evolutionary theory, classification, teleology and function, ecology, and the problematic relationship between biology and religion, among other topics. Up-to-date and comprehensive in its coverage, this unique volume will be of interest not only to professional philosophers but also to students in the humanities and researchers in the life sciences and related areas of inquiry.
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Yes, you can access The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology by David L. Hull,Michael Ruse in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Philosophy & Philosophy & Ethics in Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO: THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY
- VOLUMES IN THE SERIES OF CAMBRIDGE COMPANIONS:
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- PREFACE
- 1 Adaptation
- 2 Population Genetics
- 3 Units and Levels of Selection
- 4 What’s Wrong with the Emergentist Statistical Interpretation of Natural Selection and Random Drift?
- 5 Gene
- 6 Information in Biology
- 7 Reductionism (and Antireductionism) in Biology
- 8 Mechanisms and Models
- 9 Teleology
- 10 Macroevolution, Minimalism, and the Radiation of the Animals
- 11 Philosophy and Phylogenetics: Historical and Current Connections
- 12 Human Evolution: The Three Grand Challenges of Human Biology
- 13 Varieties of Evolutionary Psychology
- 14 Neurobiology
- 15 Biological Explanations of Human Sexuality: The Genetic Basis of Sexual Orientation
- 16 Game Theory in Evolutionary Biology
- 17 What Is an ‘Embryo’ and How Do We Know?
- 18 Evolutionary Developmental Biology
- 19 Molecular and Systems Biology and Bioethics
- 20 Ecology
- 21 From Ecological Diversity to Biodiversity
- 22 Biology and Religion
- 23 The Moral Grammar of Narratives in History of Biology: The Case of Haeckel and Nazi Biology
- REFERENCE LIST
- INDEX