05717nam 2200793Ia 450 99621468910331620230825000409.01-283-20471-197866132047141-119-97240-X1-4443-1492-01-4443-1493-9(CKB)1000000000822212(EBL)470197(OCoLC)536135806(SSID)ssj0000336163(PQKBManifestationID)11289974(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336163(PQKBWorkID)10279722(PQKB)11107771(MiAaPQ)EBC470197(Au-PeEL)EBL470197(CaPaEBR)ebr10355293(CaONFJC)MIL320471(EXLCZ)99100000000082221220090818d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrContemporary debates in philosophy of biology[electronic resource] /edited by Francisco J. Ayala and Robert ArpMalden, MA Blackwell Pub.20101 online resource (440 p.)Contemporary debates in philosophyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4051-5999-5 1-4051-5998-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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?""This collection of specially commissioned essays puts top scholars head to head to debate the central issues in the lively and fast growing field of philosophy of biology Brings together original essays on ten of the most hotly debated questions in philosophy of biology Lively head-to-head debate format sharply defines the issues and paves the way for further discussion Includes coverage of the new and vital area of evolutionary developmental biology, as well as the concept of a unified species, the role of genes in selection, the differences between micro- and macro-evolution, and much moreContemporary debates in philosophy.BiologyPhilosophyEvolution (Biology)PhilosophyBiologiathubFilosofiathubEvolució (Biologia)thubLlibres electrònicsthubBiologyPhilosophy.Evolution (Biology)Philosophy.BiologiaFilosofiaEvolució (Biologia)570.1574.01Ayala Francisco J(Francisco José),1934-2023.1380539Arp Robert876183MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996214689103316Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology3422014UNISA