Alexander Rosenberg

Darwinism in Philosophy, Social Science and Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

A collection of essays by Alexander Rosenberg discussing Darwinism's application to philosophical problems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9780521664073
• ISBN-10: 0521664071
• Artikelnr.: 20973184

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. A field guide to recent species of naturalism
2. Naturalistic epistemology for eliminative materialists
3. Limits to biological knowledge
4. Reductionism redux: computing the embryo
5. What happens to genetics when holism runs amok?
6. The biological justification of ethics: a best-case scenario
7. Moral realism and social science
8
Contractarianism and the 'trolley' problem
9. Does evolutionary theory give comfort or inspiration to economics?
10. The politicial philosophy of biological endowments: some considerations
11. Research tactics and economic strategies: the case of the human Genome project
Bibliography
Index.