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The ancestor's tale : a pilgrimage to the dawn of evolution / Richard Dawkins ; with additional research by Yan Wong
| The ancestor's tale : a pilgrimage to the dawn of evolution / Richard Dawkins ; with additional research by Yan Wong |
| Autore | Dawkins, Richard, 1941- |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Phoenix, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xii, 685 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - History
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy |
| ISBN | 0753819961 |
| Classificazione | LC QH361.D39 2004 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991002284139707536 |
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Beyond evolution [[electronic resource] ] : human nature and the limits of evolutionary explanation / / Anthony O'Hear
| Beyond evolution [[electronic resource] ] : human nature and the limits of evolutionary explanation / / Anthony O'Hear |
| Autore | O'Hear Anthony |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 220 p |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy of mind
Philosophical anthropology Evolution Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Human evolution |
| ISBN |
9780191519666
0191519669 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795752703321 |
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O'Hear Anthony
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| Oxford, : Clarendon Press | ||
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Beyond evolution : human nature and the limits of evolutionary explanation / / Anthony O'Hear
| Beyond evolution : human nature and the limits of evolutionary explanation / / Anthony O'Hear |
| Autore | O'Hear Anthony |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 220 p |
| Disciplina | 128 |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy of mind
Philosophical anthropology Evolution Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Human evolution |
| ISBN |
9780191519666
0191519669 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Mind and Nature -- 2. Immanent and Transcendent Dimensions of Reason -- 3. Self-Conscious Belief -- 4. Evolutionary Epistemology -- 5. Evolution and Epistemological Pessimism -- 6. Morality and Politics -- 7. Beauty and the Theory of Evolution -- 8. Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822894003321 |
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O'Hear Anthony
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| Oxford, : Clarendon Press | ||
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Chance in Evolution / / Grant Ramsey, Charles H. Pence
| Chance in Evolution / / Grant Ramsey, Charles H. Pence |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 pages) |
| Disciplina | 576.801 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Chance |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Charles Darwin
chance contingency evolution genetic drift history of biology macroevolution mutation natural selection |
| ISBN | 0-226-40191-X |
| Classificazione | WH 2100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Chance in Evolution from Darwin to Contemporary Biology -- 1. Contingency, Chance, and Randomness in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Biology -- 2. Chance and Chances in Darwin's Early Theorizing and in Darwinian Theory Today -- 3. Chance in the Modern Synthesis -- 4. Is it Providential, by Chance? Christian Objections to the Role of Chance in Darwinian Evolution -- 5. Does Darwinian Evolution Mean We Are Here by Chance? -- 6. The Reference Class Problem in Evolutionary Biology: Distinguishing Selection from Drift -- 7. Weak Randomness at the Origin of Biological Variation: The Case of Genetic Mutations -- 8. Parallel Evolution: What Does It (Not) Tell Us and Why Is It (Still) Interesting? -- 9. Contingent Evolution: Not by Chance Alone -- 10. History's Windings in a Flask: Microbial Experiments into Evolutionary Contingency -- 11. Rolling the Dice Twice: Evolving Reconstructed Ancient Proteins in Extant Organisms -- 12. Wonderful Life Revisited: Chance and Contingency in the Ediacaran-Cambrian Radiation -- References -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838253403321 |
| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] | ||
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The changing role of the embryo in evolutionary thought : roots of evo-devo / Ron Amundson
| The changing role of the embryo in evolutionary thought : roots of evo-devo / Ron Amundson |
| Autore | Amundson, Ron |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiii, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 576.801 |
| Collana | Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Developmental biology - Philosophy Embryology - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
9780521806992
0521806992 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991002933469707536 |
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| Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 | ||
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Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology / edited by Elliott Sober
| Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology / edited by Elliott Sober |
| Autore | Sober, Elliott |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | xx, 506 p. : ill. ; 26 cm |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Soggetto topico | Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy |
| ISBN | 0262193361 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003451569707536 |
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Sober, Elliott
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| Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1994 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Elliott Sober
| Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Elliott Sober |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (641 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SoberElliott |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Biology - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-262-29995-X
1-282-09813-6 9786612098130 0-262-28400-6 1-4294-7768-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452053103321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Elliott Sober
| Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Elliott Sober |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (641 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SoberElliott |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Biology - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
0-262-29995-X
1-282-09813-6 9786612098130 0-262-28400-6 1-4294-7768-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777637903321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology / / edited by Elliott Sober
| Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology / / edited by Elliott Sober |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (641 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SoberElliott |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Biology - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
0-262-29995-X
1-282-09813-6 9786612098130 0-262-28400-6 1-4294-7768-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- I Fitness -- 1 The Propensity Interpretation of Fitness -- 2 The Two Faces of Fitness -- II Units of Selection -- 3 Excerpts from Adaptation and Natural Selection -- 4 Levels of Selection: An Alternative to Individualism in Biology and the Human Sciences -- III Adaptationism -- 5 The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme -- 6 Optimization Theory in Evolution -- IV Women in the Evolutionary Process -- 7 Empathy, Polyandry, and the Myth of the Coy Female -- 8 Pre-theoretical Assumptions in Evolutionary Explanations of Female Sexuality -- V Evolutionary Psychology -- 9 Toward Mapping the Evolved Functional Organization of Mind and Brain -- 10 Evolutionary Psychology: A Critique -- VI Laws in Evolutionary Theory -- 11 The Evolutionary Contingency Thesis -- 12 Two Outbreaks of Lawlessness in Recent Philosophy of Biology -- VII Reductionism -- 13 1953 and All That: A Tale of Two Sciences -- 14 Why the Antireductionist Consensus Won't Survive the Case of Classical Mendelian Genetics -- 15 The Multiple Realizability Argument Against Reductionism -- VIII Essentialism and Population Thinking -- 16 Typological versus Population Thinking -- 17 Evolution, Population Thinking, and Essentialism -- IX Species -- 18 A Matter of Individuality -- 19 Choosing Among Alternative ''Phylogenetic'' Species Concepts -- X Phylogenetic Inference -- 20 Cases in Which Parsimony or Compatibility Methods Will Be Positively Misleading -- 21 The Logical Basis of Phylogenetic Analysis -- XI Race-Social Construction or Biological Reality? -- 22 Why There Are No Human Races -- 23 A New Perspective on the Race Debate -- XII Cultural Evolution -- 24 Does Culture Evolve? -- 25 Models of Cultural Evolution -- XIII Evolutionary Ethics -- 26 Moral Philosophy as Applied Science.
27 Four Ways of ''Biologicizing'' Ethics -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824962803321 |
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Francisco J. Ayala and Robert Arp
| Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Francisco J. Ayala and Robert Arp |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
| Disciplina |
570.1
574.01 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José)
ArpRobert |
| Collana | Contemporary debates in philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
Biology - Philosophy
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Biologia Filosofia Evolució (Biologia) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN |
1-283-20471-1
9786613204714 1-119-97240-X 1-4443-1492-0 1-4443-1493-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""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?"" |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996214689103316 |
| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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