The Metaphysics of Evolution

This critical collection of essays represents the best of the best when it comes to philosophy of biology. Many chapters treat evolution as a biological phenomenon, but the author is more generally concerned with science itself. Present-day science, particularly current views on systematics and biological evolution are investigated. The aspects of these sciences that are relevant to the general analysis of selection processes are presented, and they also serve to exemplify the general characteristics exhibited by science since its inception.

About the author

David L. Hull is Dressler Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at Northwestern University. He is the author of Science as a Process: An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science; Philosophy of Biological Science; and Darwin and His Critics: The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution by the Scientific Community.

Product details

• Assisted by: David L Hull (Editor), David L. Hull (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.1989
• EAN: 9780791402115
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-0211-5
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: SUNY Series in Philosophy; SUNY series in Philosophy; Suny Philosophy and Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works