UID:
almafu_9958114339602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (639 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-96272-0
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9786610962723
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0-08-047124-2
Serie:
Handbook of the philosophy of science
Inhalt:
Philosophy of Biology is a rapidly expanding field. It is concerned with explanatory concepts in evolution, genetics, and ecology. This collection of 25 essays by leading researchers provides an overview of the state of the field. These essays are wholly new; none of them could have been written even ten years ago. They demonstrate how philosophical analysis has been able to contribute to sometimes contested areas of scientific theory making.-Written by internationally acknowledged leaders in the field- Entries make original contributions as well as summarizing state of the art di
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Philosophy of Biology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; General Preface; Preface; List of Contributors; Part I Biography; Charles Darwin; Darwin the Geologist; Darwin Becomes an Evolutionist; Natural Selection; The "Origin of Species"; The Consilience; After the "Origin"; Philosophical Issues; The Darwinian Revolution; Bibliography; Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher; 1 Early Life and Education; 2 At Rothamsted: A Period of Intense Activity; 3 At University College, London; 4 At Life's Close; Bibliography; Haldane and the Emergence of Modern Evolutionary Theory; 1 Introduction
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2 Historical Background3 Haldane's "Mathematical Theory"; 4 The Causes of Evolution; 5 The Aftermath; 6 Historical Reconstructions; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Sewall Wright; 1 A Biography in Brief; 2 Inbreeding; 3 Statistics and Path Analysis; 4 Physiological Genetics; 5 Population Genetics; 6 The Shifting Balance Theory; 7 Philosophy; 8 Wright, The Man; Bibliography; Motoo Kimura; 1 A Brief Biography; 2 Population Genetics Theory; 3 The Neutral Theory; 4 Kimura The Man; Bibliography; Part II Evolution; Natural Selection; Fitness; What Does Natural Selection Explain?; Adaptationism
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Forces and CausesBibliography; Neutralism; 1 The Neutral Theory: Some Historical Background; 2 Reception of the Theory; 3 Kimura's Arguments for Neutral Evolution; 4 Tests of the Neutral Theory; 5 Neutralism & Adaptive Evolution: The Molecular and the Phenotypic Level; 6 What is Drift in the Context of the Neutral Theory?; Bibliography; Levels of Selection; 1 Introduction; 2 From Organisms to Genes and Groups; 3 Genes and Organisms: Replicators, Interactors, and Other "Units"; 4 Group Selection and Individual Selection; 5 The Problem of Altruism and the Levels of Selection
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6 Pluralism and Realism7 Groups as Contexts, Groups as Superorganisms; 8 Transitions in Evolutionary History; Bibliography; What is Evolvability?; 1 The Metazoa and the Volvocaceans: Two Contrasting Fates; 2 Limits on Volvocacean Disparity; 3 Fitness: A Model for Evolvability?; 4 Evolvability, Individuals and Environments; Bibliography; Development: Three Grades of Ontogenetic Involvement; 1 Introduction; 2 The Fragmentation of Evolution; 3 Sub-Organismal Biology; 4 Three Grades of Ontogenetic Involvement; 5 Conclusion: Going Through the Grades; Bibliography; Evolution and Normativity
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1 General Introduction2 The Shadow of Darwin; 3 Final Thoughts; Bibliography; Evolutionary Ethics; 1 Introduction; 2 Background Assumptions; 3 The Evolution of Altruism; 4 Reproductive Strategies and the Two Norms Theory; 5 Reproductive Strategies and Sex Roles; 6 Morality and the Marital Compromise; 7 Enhancement Norms and Control Norms; 8 The Open Question Argument; Bibliography; Part III Genetics; Genetic Analysis; 1 Introduction; 2 From Factors to Genes: Mendel to Johannsen; 3 The Chromosomal Theory of Heredity; 4 Genetic Linkage as an Analytic Strategy
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5 Genes - The Atoms of Heredity: From Muller to Watson and Crick
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-444-51543-7
Sprache:
Englisch
