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Dov M. Gabbay, King's College London, UK
Mohan Matthen, University of British Columbia, Canada
Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo, Canada
Christopher Stephens, University of British Columbia, Canada
John Woods, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Handbook of the Philosophy of Science,
Description
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.
Audience
Professional Philosophers & Libraries
Contents
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
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Hardbound, 638 pages, publication date: FEB-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-51543-8
ISBN-10: 0-444-51543-7
Imprint: NORTH-HOLLAND
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