The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology
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The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology

  1. 546 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology

About this book

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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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
Print ISBN
9780521851282
eBook ISBN
9781139798037
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy & Ethics in Science

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO: THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY
  3. VOLUMES IN THE SERIES OF CAMBRIDGE COMPANIONS:
  4. Dedication
  5. Title
  6. Copyright
  7. CONTENTS
  8. CONTRIBUTORS
  9. PREFACE
  10. 1 Adaptation
  11. 2 Population Genetics
  12. 3 Units and Levels of Selection
  13. 4 What’s Wrong with the Emergentist Statistical Interpretation of Natural Selection and Random Drift?
  14. 5 Gene
  15. 6 Information in Biology
  16. 7 Reductionism (and Antireductionism) in Biology
  17. 8 Mechanisms and Models
  18. 9 Teleology
  19. 10 Macroevolution, Minimalism, and the Radiation of the Animals
  20. 11 Philosophy and Phylogenetics: Historical and Current Connections
  21. 12 Human Evolution: The Three Grand Challenges of Human Biology
  22. 13 Varieties of Evolutionary Psychology
  23. 14 Neurobiology
  24. 15 Biological Explanations of Human Sexuality: The Genetic Basis of Sexual Orientation
  25. 16 Game Theory in Evolutionary Biology
  26. 17 What Is an ‘Embryo’ and How Do We Know?
  27. 18 Evolutionary Developmental Biology
  28. 19 Molecular and Systems Biology and Bioethics
  29. 20 Ecology
  30. 21 From Ecological Diversity to Biodiversity
  31. 22 Biology and Religion
  32. 23 The Moral Grammar of Narratives in History of Biology: The Case of Haeckel and Nazi Biology
  33. REFERENCE LIST
  34. INDEX

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