Philosophy, Biology and Life
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- Editor: Anthony O'Hear, University of Buckingham
- Date Published: January 2006
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521678452
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It has been claimed that following the decline of Marxism and Freudianism, Darwinism has become the dominant intellectual paradigm of our day. In the mass media there are many bitter disputes between today's new Darwinians and their opponents, often over religion. But the 'neo-Darwinian paradigm' is not as simple or as seamless as either its advocates or its opponents would sometimes have us believe. Biology is in a state of development which defies the standard stereotypes. The papers in this volume, written by some of the leading philosophers in the field, bring out many of the fascinating and complex issues which arise in current attempts to account for life and its development.
Read more- Contributions from leading philosophers
- Written in an accessible style
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- Date Published: January 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521678452
- length: 336 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.47kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Notes on contributors
1. Transcending the emergence/reduction distinction: the case of biology Rom Harré
2. Other histories, other biologies Gregory Radick
3. The ontogenesis of human identity Giovanni Boniolo
4. Souls, minds, bodies and planets Mary Midgley
5. Evo-devo: a new evolutionary paradigm Michael Ruse
6. Is drift a serious alternative to natural selection as an explanation of complex adaptive traits? Elliot Sober
7. Evolution and aesthetics Anthony O'Hear
8. The problems of biological design Tim Lewens
9. Are there genes? John Dupré
10. Folk psychology and the biological basis of intersubjectivity Matthew Ratcliffe
11. The loss of rational design Friedel Weinert
12. Under Darwin's cosh? Neo-Aristotelian thinking in environmental ethics Michael Wheeler
13. The cultural origins of cognitive adaptations David Papineau
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