Philosophy of Biology : A Contemporary Introduction 9780415315920

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Buchbeschreibung: Taylor and Francis(Routledge), 2008. Hardback. Buchzustand: New. (256 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. Is ife a purey physica process? What is human nature? Which of our traits is essentia to us? In this voume, Danie McShea and Aex Rosenberg – a bioogist and a phiosopher, respectivey – join forces to create a new gateway to the phiosophy of bioogy, making the major issues accessibe and reevant to bioogists and phiosophers aike. Exporing concepts such as supervenience, the controversies about genocentrism and genetic determinism, and the debate about major transitions centra to contemporary thinking about macroevoution, the authors ay out the broad terms in which we shoud assess the impact of bioogy on human capacities, socia institutions and ethica vaues. Introduction 1. Darwin Makes a Science 2. Bioogica Laws and Theories 3. Further Probems of Darwinism: Adaptation, Drift, Function 4. Reductionism About Bioogy 5. Compexity, Directionaity, and Progress in Evoution 6. Genes, Groups, and Major Transitions 7. Bioogy, Human Behaviour, Socia Science and Mora Phiosophy 'A very impressive book. Coverage is compete without being overy encycopedic and diffuse, and competing arguments are given fair and even-handed treatment.' - Gregory Frost-Arnod, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Aex Rosenberg is R. Tayor Coe Professor of Phiosophy at Duke University. He is the author of Phiosophy of Science: a Contemporary Introduction (2nd edition,2005) and co-editor with Yuri Baashovof Phiosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings (2002). Danie W. McShea is Associate Professor of Bioogy at Duke University. (Hardback). Buchnummer des Verkäufers AG0415315921

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Buchbeschreibung: Taylor & Francis Ltd. Hardback. Buchzustand: new. BRAND NEW PRINT ON DEMAND., Philosophy of Biology: A Contemporary Introduction, Jacob Rosenberg, Alex Rosenberg, Daniel McShea, Is life a purely physical process? What is human nature? Which of our traits is essential to us? In this volume, Daniel McShea and Alex Rosenberg - a biologist and a philosopher, respectively - join forces to create a new gateway to the philosophy of biology; making the major issues accessible and relevant to biologists and philosophers alike. Exploring concepts, such as supervenience; the controversies about genocentrism and genetic determinism; and the debate about major transitions central to contemporary thinking about macroevolution; the authors lay out the broad terms in which we should assess the impact of biology on human capacities, social institutions, and ethical values. Buchnummer des Verkäufers B9780415315920

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