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adaptation and drift
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biological
blind
Blind Variation
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Consequence Etiology
dangerous
darwin's
darwinian
DNA Repair Mechanism
DNA Sequence Difference
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evolutionary complexity
evolutionary theory human behavior
Extinction Probability
Gene's Eye View
Genetic Determinism
Gene’s Eye View
Hardy Weinberg Law
idea
Intelligent Design Argument
Junk DNA
Large Scale Trend
macroevolutionary transitions
Mendel's Laws
Mendel’s Laws
moral philosophy in science
natural
Objective Chance
Probabilistic Propensity
Progressive Organism
Questions Biology
Red Queen's Hypothesis
Red Queen’s Hypothesis
reductionism in life sciences
Research Program
Rule Tables
SE Function
SE Theorist
selection
Sickle Cell Allele
Stag Hunt
supervenience theory
theory
Uracil Molecule
variation
Vice Versa
Product details
- ISBN 9780415315920
- Weight: 498g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 21 Dec 2007
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Is life a purely physical process? What is human nature? Which of our traits is essential to us? In this volume, Daniel McShea and Alex Rosenberg – a biologist and a philosopher, respectively – join forces to create a new gateway to the philosophy of biology; making the major issues accessible and relevant to biologists and philosophers alike.
Exploring concepts such as supervenience; the controversies about genocentrism and genetic determinism; and the debate about major transitions central to contemporary thinking about macroevolution; the authors lay out the broad terms in which we should assess the impact of biology on human capacities, social institutions and ethical values.
Alex Rosenberg is R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He is the author of Philosophy of Science: a Contemporary Introduction (2nd edition, 2005) and co-editor with Yuri Balashov of Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings (2002).
Daniel W. McShea is Associate Professor of Biology at Duke University.
