Philosophy of Biology

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-444-51543-8
Verlag: Elsevier BV

Buch, Englisch, 638 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1067 g

Philosophy of Biology is a rapidly expanding field. It is concerned with explanatory concepts in evolution, genetics, and ecology. This collection of 25 essays by leading researchers provides an overview of the state of the field. These essays are wholly new; none of them could have been written even ten years ago. They demonstrate how philosophical analysis has been able to contribute to sometimes contested areas of scientific theory making.

Zielgruppe

Professional Philosophers & Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gabbay, Dov M.

Thagard, Paul

Woods, John

Matthen, Mohan

Stephens, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Taxonomie und Systematik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Gabbay, Dov M.
Dov M. Gabbay is Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic at the Group of Logic, Language and Computation, Department of Computer Science, King's College London. He has authored over four hundred and fifty research papers and over thirty research monographs. He is editor of several international Journals, and many reference works and Handbooks of Logic.