Evolution and the Levels of Selection

Zusatztext Okasha has written an extremely important book... required reading for anyone working on the levels of selection question Klappentext Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms! on groups! on genes! or on whole species? The question of levels of selection - on which biologists and philosophers have long disagreed - is central to evolutionary theory and to the philosophy of biology. Samir Okasha's comprehensive analysis gives a clear account of the philosophical issues at stake in the current debate. Zusammenfassung Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? The question of levels of selection - on which biologists and philosophers have long disagreed - is central to evolutionary theory and to the philosophy of biology. Samir Okasha's comprehensive analysis gives a clear account of the philosophical issues at stake in the current debate.

Product details

• Authors: Samir Okasha, Samir (Professor of Philosophy of Science Okasha, Okasha Samir
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2006
• EAN: 9780199267972
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926797-2
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Evolution / Evolutionary biology