2nd Edition

Philosophy Of Biology

By Elliott Sober Copyright 2000
254 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Perhaps because of it implications for our understanding of human nature, recent philosophy of biology has seen what might be the most dramatic work in the philosophies of the ?special? sciences. This drama has centered on evolutionary theory, and in the second edition of this textbook, Elliott Sober introduces the reader to the most important issues of these developments. With a rare combination... Read more
* What Is Evolutionary Theory? * Creationism * Fitness * The Units of Selection Problem * Adaptionism * Systematics * Sociobiology and the Extension of Evolutionary Theory

Biography

Elliott Sober