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1 online resource (441 pages) |
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Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; PART ONE: PROLEGOMENA; 1. The Problem; 2. Philosophical Background; PART TWO: HOW DID WE GET INTO THIS MESS?; 3. Design versus the Epicurean Hypothesis; 4. Materialism, Teleology, and Evolution in the Enlightenment; 5. Cuvier and the Principle of the Conditions for Existence; 6. Darwin, Natural Theology, and the Principle of Natural Selection; PART THREE: EVOLUTION IN MENDELIAN POPULATIONS; 7. Existence and the Mathematics of Selection; 8. Population Growth, Genetic Load, and the Limits of Selection; 9. Natural Selection and Genetic Drift. |
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PART FOUR: THE CONDITIONS FOR EXISTENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY10. Adaptedness, Natural Selection, and the Conditions for Existence; 11. How to Talk about Macroevolution; 12. The Conditions for Existence as a Unifying Concept in Evolutionary Biology; Conclusion; Epilogue; Glossary; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Charles Darwin described natural selection in two ways: devoid of purpose or direction and as a teleological agent sorting through heritable variation. Evolutionary biologists today repeat Darwin's divergent rhetoric. In this fine book, John Reiss helps us to rid all teleology from evolutionary biology.--William Provine, Cornell University"Anyone who thinks they understand how natural selection works as an evolutionary process ought to read this book. You do not need to agree with Reiss to benefit from his ideas."--Günter Wagner, Yale University. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832.
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Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832. |
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Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832. |
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Natural selection.
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Natural selection. |
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution (Biology) |
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Evolutionary genetics.
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Evolutionary genetics. |
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Intelligent design (Teleology)
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Intelligent design (Teleology) |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780520258938 |
| ISBN |
9780520944404 (electronic book) |
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0520944402 (electronic book) |
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9780520258938 (cloth) |
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0520258932 (cloth) |
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1282361015 |
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9781282361010 |
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