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""Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology""; ""Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""General Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""PART I IS IT POSSIBLE TOREDUCE BIOLOGICALEXPLANATIONS TOEXPLANATIONS INCHEMISTRY AND/ORPHYSICS?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER ONE It Is Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics""; ""CHAPTER TWO It Is Not Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics"" |
""PART II HAVE TRAITS EVOLVED TO FUNCTION THE WAY THEY DO BECAUSE OF A PAST ADVANTAGE?""""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER THREE Traits Have Evolved to Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage""; ""CHAPTER FOUR Traits Have Not Evolved to Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage""; ""PART III ARE SPECIES REAL?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER FIVE Species Are Real Biological Entities""; ""CHAPTER SIX Species Are Not Uniquely Real Biological Entities""; ""PART IV DOES SELECTION OPERATE PRIMARILY ON GENES?"" |
""Introduction""""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN Selection Does Operate Primarily on Genes: In Defense of the Gene as the Unit of Selection""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT Selection Does Not Operate Primarily on Genes""; ""PART V ARE MICROEVOLUTION AND MACROEVOLUTION GOVERNED BY THE SAME PROCESSES?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER NINE Microevolution and Macroevolution are Governed by the Same Processes""; ""CHAPTER TEN Microevolution and Macroevolution Are Not Governed by the Same Processes"" |
""PART VI DOES EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OFFER A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE TO THE NEO-DARWINIAN PARADIGM?""""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN Evolutionary Developmental Biology Offers a Significant Challenge to the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE Evolutionary Developmental Biology Does Not Offer a Significant Challenge to the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm""; ""PART VII WERE THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE HUMAN MIND SOLIDIFIED DURING THE PLEISTOCENE EPOCH?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading"" |
""CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch""""CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Not Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch""; ""PART VIII DOES MEMETICS PROVIDE A USEFUL WAY OF UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL EVOLUTION?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER FIFTEEN Memetics Does Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution""; ""CHAPTER SIXTEEN Memetics Does Not Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution"" |
""PART IX CAN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ACT AS A GROUND FOR ETHICS?"" |