Philosophy of Biology: Handbook of the Philosophy of Science
Dov M. Gabbay, Paul Thagard, John Woods Mohan Matthen, Christopher Stephensen Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 feb 2007
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780444515438
ISBN-10: 0444515437
Pagini: 638
Dimensiuni: 165 x 240 x 30 mm
Greutate: 1.29 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Seria Handbook of the Philosophy of Science
ISBN-10: 0444515437
Pagini: 638
Dimensiuni: 165 x 240 x 30 mm
Greutate: 1.29 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Seria Handbook of the Philosophy of Science
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General Preface (D. Gabbay, P. Thagard and J. Woods)
Contents
Preface (Mohan Matthen and Christopher Stephens)
List of Contributors
I. Biography
Darwin (Michael Ruse)
Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (Robert A. Skipper, Jr)
Haldane and the Emergence of Modern Evolutionary Theory (Sahotra. Sarkar)
Sewall Wright (James F. Crow)
Motoo Kimura (James F. Crow)
II. Evolution
Natural Selection (Christopher Stephens)
Neutralism (Anya Plutynski)
Levels of Selection (Robert A. Wilson)
What is Evolvability (Kim Sterelny)
Development: Three Grades of Ontogenetic Involvement (D.M. Walsh)
Evolution and Normativity (Michael Bradie)
Evolutionary Ethics (Catherine Wilson)
III Genetics
Genetic Analysis (Raphael Falk)
The Development of Population Genetics (Margaret Morrison)
Maximisation Principles in Evolutionary Biology (A.W.F. Edwards)
Reductionism in Biology (Alex Rosenberg)
Traits, Genes and Coding (Michael Wheeler)
IV. Taxonomy
Species, Taxonomy and Systematics (Marc Ereshefsky)
Homology and Homoplasy (Brian Hall)
Biological Conceptions of Race (Robin O. Andreasen)
V. Special Topics
Formalisations of Evolutionary Biology (Paul Thompson)
Functions (Tim Lewens)
Biological Approaches to Mental Representation (Karen Neander)
Innateness (Andre Ariew)
Artificial Life (Mark Bedau)
Index
Contents
Preface (Mohan Matthen and Christopher Stephens)
List of Contributors
I. Biography
Darwin (Michael Ruse)
Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (Robert A. Skipper, Jr)
Haldane and the Emergence of Modern Evolutionary Theory (Sahotra. Sarkar)
Sewall Wright (James F. Crow)
Motoo Kimura (James F. Crow)
II. Evolution
Natural Selection (Christopher Stephens)
Neutralism (Anya Plutynski)
Levels of Selection (Robert A. Wilson)
What is Evolvability (Kim Sterelny)
Development: Three Grades of Ontogenetic Involvement (D.M. Walsh)
Evolution and Normativity (Michael Bradie)
Evolutionary Ethics (Catherine Wilson)
III Genetics
Genetic Analysis (Raphael Falk)
The Development of Population Genetics (Margaret Morrison)
Maximisation Principles in Evolutionary Biology (A.W.F. Edwards)
Reductionism in Biology (Alex Rosenberg)
Traits, Genes and Coding (Michael Wheeler)
IV. Taxonomy
Species, Taxonomy and Systematics (Marc Ereshefsky)
Homology and Homoplasy (Brian Hall)
Biological Conceptions of Race (Robin O. Andreasen)
V. Special Topics
Formalisations of Evolutionary Biology (Paul Thompson)
Functions (Tim Lewens)
Biological Approaches to Mental Representation (Karen Neander)
Innateness (Andre Ariew)
Artificial Life (Mark Bedau)
Index