Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology, 3rd Edition (Bradford Books)
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Book Overview
There has been debate in philosophy of biology over the decade since the first edition of this anthology appeared. Changes and additions in the new edition reflect the ways in which the subject has broadened and deepened on several fronts; more than half of the chapters are new. In all, twenty-three selections take up fitness, function and teleology, adaptationism, units of selection, essentialism and population thinking, species, systematic philosophies, phylogenetic inference, reduction of Mendelian genetics to molecular biology, ethics and sociobiology, and cultural evolution and evolutionary epistemology.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0262691620
ISBN13:9780262691628
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:MIT Press (MA)
Length:506 Pages
Weight:2.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 7.0" x 9.9"
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a classic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This book is both an excellent introduction and thorough treatment of many of the thorniest philosophical and methodological issues in evolutionary biology. It is a must read for anyone who is serious about grappling with the deeper meaning of the study of evolution (i.e. deeper than the relatively simple concern of evolution versus creation).
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