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The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays

English · Paperback / Softback

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A leading philosopher of biology presents a collection of essays on biological evolution.

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Part I. Overview: 1. Evolution and agency: a user's guide; Part II. Replication and Interaction: 2. Return of the gene (with Philip Kitcher); 3. The gxtended replicator (with Kelly Smith and Mike Dickison); 4. The return of the group; Part III. Evolution and Macroevolution: 5. Punctuated equilibrium and macroevolution; 6. Explanatory pluralism in evolutionary biology; 7. Darwin's tangled bank; Part IV. The Descent of the Mind: 8. Where does thinking come from? A commentary on Peter Godfrey Smith's Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature; 9. Basic minds; 10. Intentional agency and the metarepresentation hypothesis; 11. Situated agency and the descent of desire; 12. The evolution of agency.

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Authors Kim Sterelny, Kim (Victoria University of Wellington) Sterelny
Assisted by Michael Ruse (Editor)
Publisher Cambridge University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.11.2010
 
EAN 9780521645379
ISBN 978-0-521-64537-9
No. of pages 328
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
Weight 534 g
Series Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
Cambridge Studies in Philosoph
Cambridge Studies in Philosoph
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering

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