Concepts and Methods in Evolutionary Biology

Klappentext This collection of Professor Brandon's recent essays covers all the traditional topics in the philosophy of evolutionary biology. Zusammenfassung Robert Brandon is one of the most important and influential of contemporary philosophers of biology. This collection of his recent essays covers all the traditional topics in the philosophy of evolutionary biology and as such could serve as an introduction to the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I: 1. Adaptation and evolutionary theory; 2. Biological teleology: questions and explanations; 3. A structural description of evolutionary theory; 4. The levels of selection; Part II: 5. Phenotypic plasticity, cultural transmission and human sociobiology; 6. From icons to symbols: some speculations on the origins of language; 7. Individuality, pluralism, and the phylogenetic species concept; 8. The levels of selection: a hierarchy of interactors; Part III: 9. Theory and experiment in evolutionary biology; 10. The co-evolution of organism and environment; 11. Reductionism versus holism versus mechanism; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Robert N. Brandon, Robert N. (Duke University Brandon
• Assisted by: Michael Ruse (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.01.1996
• EAN: 9780521495455
• ISBN: 978-0-521-49545-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)