Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Systems
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- ISBN 9780195051766
- Weight: 482g
- Dimensions: 162 x 243mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 1988
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book examines sociobiology and evolution from the scientific and philosophical perspectives. Both sociobiology and evolution are areas of modern biology fraught with controversy and misunderstanding, yet fundamental to a coherent view of human life. For scientists and philosophers of science, at issue are the basic underpinnings of biology: explanation, determination, teleology, reductionism, and hierarchy.
Professor Dyke describes the controversies involved, and argues that progress in sociobiology and evolution is hindered by an outmoded philosophical view of science - one that does not adequately take into account recent advances in our understanding of basic biological processes. The author aims to shift the focus from a philosophical understanding of biology to a dynamic, philosophically aware science.
