A companion to the philosophy of biology /
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Imprint: | Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008. |
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Description: | xxvi, 589 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 39 |
Subject: | Biology -- Philosophy. Biology -- Philosophy. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6856367 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Molecular Biology and Genetics
- II.1. Gene Concepts
- II.2. Biological Information
- II.3. Heredity and Heritability
- II.4. Genomics, Proteomics, and Beyond
- II. Evolution
- III.1. Darwinism and Neo-Darwinism
- III.2. Systematics and Taxonomy
- III.3. Population Genetics
- III.4. The Units and Levels of Selection
- III.5. Molecular Evolution
- III.6. Speciation and Macroevolution
- III.7. Adaptationism
- III
- IV.1. Phenotypic Plasticity and Reaction Norms
- IV.2. Explaining the Ontogeny of Form: Philosophical Issues
- IV.3. Development and Evolution
- IV. Medicine
- V.1. Self and Nonself
- V.2. Health and Disease
- V.Ecology
- VI.1. Population Ecology
- VI.2. Complexity, Diversity, and Stability
- VI.3. Ecosystems
- VI.4. Biodiversity: Its Meaning and Value
- VI. Mind and Behavior
- VII.1. Ethology, Sociobiology, and Evolutionary Psychology
- VII.2. Cooperation
- VII.3. Language and Evolution
- VII
- VIII.1. What is Life?
- VIII.2. Experimentation
- VIII.
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- VIII.4. Models
- VIII.t5. Function and Teleology
- VIII.6. Reductionism in Biology
- Index