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Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory : Concepts, Inferences, and Probabilities by Elliott Sober (2024, Hardcover)
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Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory : Concepts, Inferences, and Probabilities, Hardcover by Sober, Elliott, ISBN 1009376055, ISBN-13 9781009376051, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Fitness, natural selection, common ancestry, mutation, chance, taxonomy, and adaptation are central concepts in Darwin's theory of evolution, and in the 20th and 21st century theories that grew out of it. This book uses ideas about probability to discuss philosophical questions that these concepts raise.
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101009376055
ISBN-139781009376051
eBay Product ID (ePID)3065346129
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Book TitlePhilosophy of Evolutionary Theory : concepts, Inferences, and Probabilities
Number of Pages308 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPhilosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year2024
IllustratorYes
GenreScience
AuthorElliott Sober
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width6.9 in
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Dewey Edition23
Reviews'Philosophy of biology has grown into a respectable and autonomous discipline, but also become increasingly specialized and fragmented. Elliott Sober's book is poised to rekindle meta-scientific exploration into the epistemological and ontological dimensions of evolutionary biology, and demonstrates to both philosophers and biologists that evolutionary biology remains a fertile ground teeming with captivating conceptual issues.' Jun Otsuka, Kyoto University
Dewey Decimal576.801
Table Of Content1. A Darwinian introduction; 2. Fitness and natural selection; 3. Units of selection; 4. Common ancestry; 5. Drift; 6. Mutation; 7. Taxa and genealogy; 8. Adaptationism; 9. Big-picture questions.
SynopsisFitness, natural selection, common ancestry, mutation, chance, taxonomy, and adaptation are central concepts in Darwin's theory of evolution, and in the 20th and 21st century theories that grew out of it. This book uses ideas about probability to discuss philosophical questions that these concepts raise., Natural selection, mutation, and adaptation are well-known and central topics in Darwin's theory of evolution and in the 20th - and 21st -century theories which grew out of it, but many other important topics are used in evolutionary biology that raise interesting philosophical questions. In this book, Elliott Sober analyses a much larger range of topics, including fitness, altruism, common ancestry, chance, taxonomy, phylogenetic inference, operationalism, reductionism, conventionalism, null hypotheses and default reasoning, instrumentalism versus realism, hypothetico-deductivism, essentialism, falsifiability, the principle of parsimony, the principle of the common cause, causality, determinism versus indeterminism, sensitivity to initial conditions, and the knowability of the past. Sober's clear philosophical analyses of these key concepts, arguments, and methods of inference will be valuable for all readers who want to understand evolutionary biology in both its Darwinian and its contemporary forms.
LC Classification NumberQH360.5.S633 2024
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