| Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
List of Boxes and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 What is Evolutionary Theory?; 2 Creationism; 3 Fitness; 4 The Units of Selection Problem; 5 Adaptationism; 6 Systematics; 7 Sociobiology and the Extension of Evolutionary Theory; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Perhaps because of it implications for our understanding of human nature, recent philosophy of biology has seen what might be the most dramatic work in the philosophies of the "special" sciences. This drama has centered on evolutionary theory, and in the second edition of this textbook, Elliott Sober introduces the reader to the most important issues of these developments. With a rare combination of technical sophistication and clarity of expression, Sober engages both the higher level of theory and the direct implications for such controversial issues as creationism, teleology, nature ve. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Creationism.
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Creationism. |
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Natural selection -- Philosophy.
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Natural selection -- Philosophy. |
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Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sober, Elliott. Philosophy Of Biology. New York : Westview Press, ©2009 9780813391267 |
| ISBN |
9780786752119 (electronic book) |
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0786752114 (electronic book) |
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