The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-973726-0 (ISBN)
The authors range from the senior and experienced to new and exciting young scholars. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology is a collection that will be of interest to philosophers of science, to philosophers generally, as well as biologists of all kinds. There is no better way to learn about this dynamic field than through the essays in this volume.
Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University
Contributors
Introduction - Michael Ruse
1. History of the Philosophy of Biology, David Hull
2. Natural Selection and the Structure of Evolutionary Theory, Michael Ruse
3. Population Thinking, Andre Ariew
4. Testing and Optimality Models, Steven Orzack
5. Teleology, Denis Walsh
6. Evolvability, Roger Sansom
7. Species and Taxonomy, Richard Richards
8. Chance and Contingency, John Beatty
9. Macroevolution, David Sepkoski
10. Molecular Biology and Reduction, Ken Waters
11. Origins of Life Studies, James Greisemer
12. Evo-Devo, Jason Robert
13. Philosophical Issues Arising from Genomics, Zac Ernst
14. Animal Behavior, Stephen Crowley and Colin Allen
15. Neurocience, Adina Roskies and Ian Gold
16. Teleological Theories of Mental Content, Karen Neander
17. Sociobiology, Evolutionary Psych, and Cultural Evolution, Matteo Mameli
18. Evolution of Moral Norms, William Harms and Brian Skyrms
19. Genes and Society, Lisa Gannett
20. The Concept of Race in Medicine, Robin Andreasen
21. Ecology and the Environment, Anya Plutynski
22. Agriculture and Agricultural Biotechnology, David Castle
23. Biology and Religion, Nancey Murphy and Jeffrey Schloss
24. Feminist Philosophy of Biology, Carla Fehr
25. Rhetoric in Biology, Ana Barahona and Vladimir Cachón
Reihe/Serie | Oxford Handbooks |
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Zusatzinfo | 13 b/w line |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 246 x 170 mm |
Gewicht | 1057 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-973726-6 / 0199737266 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-973726-0 / 9780199737260 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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