The Evolution of Darwinism - Selection, Adaptation and Progress in Evolutionary Biology

Klappentext Focuses on three issues of debate in Darwin's theory of evolution using a historical and philosophical perspective. Zusammenfassung The Evolution of Darwinism! first published in 2004! focuses on three issues of debate in Darwin's theory of evolution - the nature of selection! the nature and scope of adaptation! and the question of evolutionary progress - using a historical and philosophical perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Selection: 1. Darwin and natural selection; 2. The group selection controversy; 3. For whose good does natural selection work?; Part II. Adaptation: 4. Darwin (and others) on biological perfection; 5. Adaptation after Darwin; 6. Adaptation(ism) and its limits; Part III. Progress: 7. Darwin on evolutionary progress; 8. Evolutionary progress from Darwin to Dawkins; 9. Is evolution progressive?; 10. Human physical and mental evolution; Epilogue.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Timothy Shanahan, Timothy (Loyola Marymount University Shanahan, Shanahan Timothy
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.05.2004
• EAN: 9780521541985
• ISBN: 978-0-521-54198-5
• Abmessung: 150 mm x 230 mm x 22 mm
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Evolution / Evolutionary biology