Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The argument in Darwin's Origin
- 2 The power of genes
- 3 Units of selection
- 4 Panglossianism and its discontents
- 5 The role of development
- 6 Nature and nurture
- 7 Function: “what it is for” versus “what it does”
- 8 Biological categories
- 9 Species and their special problems
- 10 Biology and philosophy of science
- 11 Evolution and epistemology
- 12 Evolution and religion
- 13 Evolution and human nature
- 14 Biology and ethics
- Notes
- Further reading
- Bibliography
- Index
Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The argument in Darwin's Origin
- 2 The power of genes
- 3 Units of selection
- 4 Panglossianism and its discontents
- 5 The role of development
- 6 Nature and nurture
- 7 Function: “what it is for” versus “what it does”
- 8 Biological categories
- 9 Species and their special problems
- 10 Biology and philosophy of science
- 11 Evolution and epistemology
- 12 Evolution and religion
- 13 Evolution and human nature
- 14 Biology and ethics
- Notes
- Further reading
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Philosophy of Biology , pp. 271 - 274Publisher: Acumen PublishingPrint publication year: 2007