Oyama The Ontogeny of Information

Developmental Systems and Evolution
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8066-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

Reihe: Science and Cultural Theory

In this work, the author attempts to complicate certain conventional dichotomies (particularly the nature/nurture split) that she belives impede scientific inquiry and thought about individual development, and to untangle the often subtle assumptions embe

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oyama, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Foreword Richard Lewontin Preface to Second Edition Preface 1 Introduction 2 The Origin and Transmission of Form: The Gene as the Vehicle of Constancy 3 The Problem of Change 4 Variability and Ontogenetic Differentiation 5 Variations on a Theme: Cognitive Metaphors and the Homunculoid Gene 6 The Ghosts in the Ghost-in-the-Machine Machine 7 The Ontogeny of Information 8 Reprise 9 Prospects Afterword to Second Edition Notes References Index of Names Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Oyama is Professor of Psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, as well as in the Subprogram in Developmental Psychology at the CUNY Graduate School and University Center.