Evolutionary Biology (eBook, ePUB)

Conceptual, Ethical, and Religious Issues
Redaktion: Thompson, R. Paul

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Evolution - both the fact that it occurred and the theory describing the mechanisms by which it occurred - is an intrinsic and central component in modern biology. Theodosius Dobzhansky captures this well in the much-quoted title of his 1973 paper 'Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution'. The correctness of this assertion is even more obvious today: philosophers of biology and biologists agree that the fact of evolution is undeniable and that the theory of evolution explains that fact. Such a theory has far-reaching implications. In this volume, eleven distinguished scholars address the conceptual, metaphysical and epistemological richness of the theory and its ethical and religious impact, exploring topics including DNA barcoding, three grand challenges of human evolution, functionalism, historicity, design, evolution and development, and religion and secular humanism. The volume will be of great interest to those studying philosophy of biology and evolutionary biology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139861922
• Artikelnr.: 52977517

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Human evolution: the three grand challenges of human
biology Francisco Ayala; Part I. Evolution and Theology: 2. Evolutionary
theory, causal completeness, and theism - the case of 'guided' mutation
Elliott Sober; 3. Religion, truth and progress Philip Kitcher; Part II.
Taxonomy and Systematics: 4. Consilience, historicity, and the species
problem Marc Ereshefsky; 5. DNA barcoding and taxonomic practice David
Castle; Part III. The Structure of Evolutionary Theory: 6. Darwin's theory
and the value of mathematical formalisation R. Paul Thompson; 7. Population
genetics, economic theory, and eugenics in R. A. Fisher Jean Gayon; 8.
Exploring development and evolution on the tangled bank Jane Maienschein
and Manfred Laubichler; Part IV. Function, Adaptation and Design: 9.
Darwin's cyclopean architect John Beatty; 10. Function and teleology Denis
Walsh; 11. How physics fakes design Alex Rosenberg.