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200 10$aNot by design$b[electronic resource] $eretiring Darwin's watchmaker /$fJohn O. Reiss
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2009
215   $a1 online resource (441 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-520-27129-7 
311   $a0-520-25893-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPREFACE: BEYOND THE DESIGN METAPHOR -- $tPART ONE. PROLEGOMENA -- $tPART TWO. HOW DID WE GET INTO THIS MESS? FROM SOCRATES AND LUCRETIUS TO CUVIER AND DARWIN -- $tPART THREE. EVOLUTION IN MENDELIAN POPULATIONS: TELEOLOGY GETS MATHEMATICAL -- $tPART FOUR. THE CONDITIONS FOR EXISTENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY -- $tConclusion -- $tEpilogue: Evolutionary Biology and Intelligent Design -- $tGLOSSARY -- $tREFERENCES -- $tINDEX
330   $aMore than two centuries ago, William Paley introduced his famous metaphor of the universe as a watch made by the Creator. For Paley, the exquisite structure of the universe necessitated a designer. Today, some 150 years since Darwin's On the Origin of Species was published, the argument of design is seeing a revival. This provocative work tells how Darwin left the door open for this revival--and at the same time argues for a new conceptual framework that avoids the problematic teleology inherent in Darwin's formulation of natural selection. In a wide-ranging discussion of the historical and philosophical dimensions of evolutionary theory from the ancient Greeks to today, John Reiss argues that we should look to the principle of the conditions for existence, first formulated before On the Origin of Species by the French paleontologist Georges Cuvier, to clarify the relation of adaptation to evolution. Reiss suggests that Cuvier's principle can help resolve persistent issues in evolutionary biology, including the proper definition of natural selection, the distinction between natural selection and genetic drift, and the meaning of genetic load. Moreover, he shows how this principle can help unite diverse areas of biology, ranging from quantitative genetics and the theory of the levels of selection to evo-devo, ecology, physiology, and conservation biology.
606   $aNatural selection
606   $aEvolution (Biology)
606   $aEvolutionary genetics
606   $aIntelligent design (Teleology)
610   $aaristotle.
610   $abiology.
610   $acharles darwin.
610   $achristianity.
610   $aconceptual framework.
610   $aconservation biology.
610   $adarwin.
610   $aecology.
610   $aevo devo.
610   $aevolution.
610   $aevolutionary biology.
610   $aevolutionary explanation.
610   $aevolutionary theory.
610   $aexistence.
610   $aexperiments.
610   $agenetic drift.
610   $agenetic load.
610   $aintelligent design.
610   $amaterialism.
610   $anatural evolution.
610   $anatural selection.
610   $aon the origin of species.
610   $aphysiology.
610   $aplato.
610   $aquantitative genetics.
610   $arational theology.
610   $asocrates.
610   $astructure of the universe.
610   $ateleology.
610   $atheoretical.
610   $auniverse as a watch.
610   $awilliam paley.
615  0$aNatural selection.
615  0$aEvolution (Biology)
615  0$aEvolutionary genetics.
615  0$aIntelligent design (Teleology)
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