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Autore |
Ruse Michael |
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Titolo |
Evolutionary naturalism : selected essays / / Michael Ruse |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995 |
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ISBN |
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0-548-22602-4 |
1-280-11206-9 |
9786610112067 |
1-134-87763-3 |
0-203-98218-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Evolution |
Evolution (Biology) |
Ethics, Evolutionary |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-310) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part I CASE STUDIES; INTRODUCTION; 1 OUGHT PHILOSOPHERS CONSIDER SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY?; 2 ARE PICTURES REALLY NECESSARY?; 3 CONTROVERSY IN PALAEONTOLOGY; Part II EVOLUTIONARY EPISTEMOLOGY; INTRODUCTION; 4 A THREEFOLD PARALLELISM FOR OUR TIME?; 5 SCIENTIFIC CHANGE IS A FAMILY AFFAIR!; 6 THE VIEW FROM SOMEWHERE; Part III EVOLUTIONARY ETHICS; INTRODUCTION; 7 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND CULTURAL VALUES; 8 EVOLUTION AND ETHICS; 9 EVOLUTIONARY ETHICS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A collection of essays on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology which put the theory of knowledge and of moral behaviour on a philosophical basis informed by contemporary evolutionary biological theory. |
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