A companion to the philosophy of biology /

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Imprint:Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
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
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Other authors / contributors:Sarkar, Sahotra.
Plutynski, Anya.
ISBN:9781405125727 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1405125721 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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