Toward a New Philosophy of Biology

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

ISBN: 9780674896666 | 0674896661
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/9/1989

Rent

(Recommended)

$26.03

Term

Due

Price

Semester

Dec 13

$27.40

Quarter

Aug 16

$26.03

Short Term

Jul 2

$24.66

*This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping cart.
Buy Used

Usually Ships in 2-4 Business Days

$27.93
Buy New

Special Order: 1-2 Weeks

$37.43

Summary

Supplemental Materials

This is a beautifully presented collection of twenty-eight articles and essays, elegantly introduced and filled with important neologisms all contributing to clarity.

Please wait while the item is added to your bag...

Philosophy Introduction
Is Biology an Autonomous Science?
Cause and Effect in Biology
The Multiple Meanings of Teleological
The Probability of Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life
The Origins of Human Ethics
Natural Selection Introduction
An Analysis of the Concept of Natural Selection
Philosophical Aspects of Natural Selection
Adaptation Introduction
Adaptation and Selection
How To Carry Out the Adaptationist Program?
Darwin Introduction
Darwin, Intellectual Revolutionary
The Challenge of Darwinism
What Is Darwinism
Darwin and Natural Selection
The Concept of Finality in Darwin and alter Darwin
The Death of Darwin
Diversity Introduction
Toward a Synthesis in Biological Classification
Museums and Biological Laboratories
Problems in the Classification of Birds
Species Introduction
The Species Category
The Ontology of the Species Taxon
Speciation Introduction
Processes of Speciation in Animals
Evolution of Fish Species Flocks
Macro Evolution Introduction
Does Microevolution Explain Macroevolution?
The Unity of the Genotype
Speciation and Macroevolution
Speciational Evolution through Punctuated Equilibria
Historical Perspective Introduction
On Weismann's Growth as an Evolutionist
On the Evolutionary Synthesis and After
Index
Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Toward a New Philosophy of Biology

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials