The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

图书标准信息

• 作者 David L. Hull 著
• 出版社 Cambridge University Press
• 出版时间 2007-10
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780521616713
• 定价 320.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 552页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Thephilosophyofbiologyisoneofthemostexcitingnewareasinthefieldofphilosophyandonethatisattractingmuchattentionfromworkingscientists.ThisCompanion,editedbytwoofthefoundersofthefield,includesnewlycommissionedessaysbyseniorscholarsandup-and-comingyoungerscholarswhocollectivelyexaminethemainareasofthesubject-thenatureofevolutionarytheory,classification,teleologyandfunction,ecology,andtheproblematicrelationshipbetweenbiologyandreligion,amongothertopics.Up-to-dateandcomprehensiveinitscoverage,thisuniquevolumewillbeofinterestnotonlytoprofessionalphilosophersbutalsotostudentsinthehumanitiesandresearchersinthelifesciencesandrelatedareasofinquiry.

【作者简介】

DavidL.HullisanemeritusprofessorofphilosophyatNorthwesternUniversity.Theauthorofnumerousbooksandarticlesontopicsinsystematics,evolutionarytheory,philosophyofbiology,andnaturalizedepistemology,heisarecipientofaGuggenheimFoundationFellowshipandisaFellowoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences.MichaelRuseisprofessorofphilosophyatFloridaStateUniversity.Heistheauthorofmanybooksonevolutionarybiology,includingCanaDarwinianBeaChristian?andDarwinismandItsDiscontents,bothpublishedbyCambridgeUniversityPress.AFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofCanadaandtheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience,hehasappearedontelevisionandradio,andhecontributesregularlytopopularmediasuchasTheNewYorkTimes,TheWashingtonPost,andPlayboyMagazine.

【目录】

Introduction David L. Hull and Michael Ruse

1. Adaptation Tim Lewens

2. Population genetics Roberta L. Millstein and Robert A.Skipper

3. Units and levels of selection Elisabeth A. Lloyd

4. What's wrong with the emergenist statistical interpretation ofnatural selection and random drift Robert N. Brandon and GrantRamsey

5. Gene Paul E. Griffiths and Karola Stotz

6. Information in biology Peter Godfrey-Smith

7. Reductionism (and antireductionism) in biology AlexanderRosenberg

8. Mechanisms and models Lindley Darden

9. Teleology Andre Ariew

10. Macroevolution, minimalism, and radiation of the animals KimSterelny

11. Philosophy and phylogenetics: historical and currentconnections Maureen Kearney

12. Human evolution: the three grand challenges of human biologyFrancisco J. Ayala

13. Varieties of evolutionary psychology David J. Buller

14. Neurobiology Valerie Gray Hardcastle

15. Biology explanations of human sexuality: the genetic basis ofsexual orientation Christopher Horvath

16. Game theory in evolutionary biology Zachary Ernst

17. What is an 'embryo' and how do we know it? JaneMaienschein

18. Evolutionary developmental biology Manfred D. Laubichler

19. Molecular and systems biology and bioethics Jason ScottRobert

20. Ecology Gregory M. Mikkelson

21. From ecological diversity to biodiversity Sohotra Sarkar

22. Biology and religion Robert T. Pennock

23. The moral grammar of narratives in history of biology: the caseof Haeckel and Nazi biology Robert J. Richards