The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology,9780521616713

The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology

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ISBN13: 9780521616713
ISBN10: 0521616719
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-10-01
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

The philosophy of biology is one of the most exciting new areas in the field of philosophy and one that is attracting much attention from working scientists. This Companion, edited by two of the founders of the field, includes newly commissioned essays by senior scholars and up-and-coming younger scholars who collectively examine the main areas of the subject - the nature of evolutionary theory, classification, teleology and function, ecology, and the problematic relationship between biology and religion, among other topics. Up-to-date and comprehensive in its coverage, this unique volume will be of interest not only to professional philosophers but also to students in the humanities and researchers in the life sciences and related areas of inquiry.

Table of Contents

Contributorsp. xi
Prefacep. xix
Adaptationp. 1
Population Geneticsp. 22
Units and Levels of Selectionp. 44
What's Wrong with the Emergentist Statistical Interpretation of Natural Selection and Random Drift?p. 66
Genep. 85
Information in Biologyp. 103
Reductionism (and Antireductionism) in Biologyp. 120
Mechanisms and Modelsp. 139
Teleologyp. 160
Macroevolution, Minimalism, and the Radiation of the Animalsp. 182
Philosophy and Phylogenetics: Historical and Current Connectionsp. 211
Human Evolution: The Three Grand Challenges of Human Biologyp. 233
Varieties of Evolutionary Psychologyp. 255
Neurobiologyp. 275
Biological Explanations of Human Sexuality: The Genetic Basis of Sexual Orientationp. 291
Game Theory in Evolutionary Biologyp. 304
What Is an 'Embryo' and How Do We Know?p. 324
Evolutionary Developmental Biologyp. 342
Molecular and Systems Biology and Bioethicsp. 361
Ecologyp. 372
From Ecological Diversity to Biodiversityp. 388
Biology and Religionp. 410
The Moral Grammar of Narratives in History of Biology: The Case of Haeckel and Nazi Biologyp. 429
Reference Listp. 453
Indexp. 497
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