Kim Sterelny

The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays

Herausgeber: Ruse, Michael

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A leading philosopher of biology presents a collection of essays on biological evolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9780521645379
• ISBN-10: 0521645379
• Artikelnr.: 26640038

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Overview: 1. Evolution and agency: a user's guide
Part II. Replication and Interaction: 2. Return of the gene (with Philip Kitcher)
3. The gxtended replicator (with Kelly Smith and Mike Dickison)
4. The return of the group
Part III. Evolution and Macroevolution: 5. Punctuated equilibrium and macroevolution
6. Explanatory pluralism in evolutionary biology
7. Darwin's tangled bank
Part IV. The Descent of the Mind: 8. Where does thinking come from? A commentary on Peter Godfrey Smith's Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature
9. Basic minds
10. Intentional agency and the metarepresentation hypothesis
11. Situated agency and the descent of desire
12. The evolution of agency.