Philosophy, Biology and Life

Name: Philosophy, Biology and Life
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ISBN: 9780521678452

ISBN-10: 0521678455

ISBN-13: 9780521678452

Edition: 2005

Authors: Anthony O'Hear

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It has been claimed that following the decline of Marxism and Freudianism, Darwinism has become the dominant intellectual paradigm of our day. In the mass media there are many bitter disputes between today's new Darwinians and their opponents, often over religion. But the 'neo-Darwinian paradigm' is not as simple or as seamless as either its advocates or its opponents would sometimes have us believe. Biology is in a state of development which defies the standard stereotypes. The papers in this volume, written by some of the leading philosophers in the field, bring out many of the fascinating and complex issues which arise in current attempts to account for life and its development.

Book details

List price: $48.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/28/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Transcending the emergence/reduction distinction : the case of biology



Other histories, other biologies



The ontogenesis of human identity



Souls, minds, bodies and planets



Evo-devo : a new evolutionary paradigm



Is drift a serious alternative to natural selection as an explanation of complex adaptive traits?



Evolution and aesthetics



The problems of biological design



Are there genes?



Folk psychology and the biological basis of intersubjectivity



The loss of rational design



Under Darwin's cosh? : neo-Aristotelian thinking in environmental ethics



The cultural origins of cognitive adaptations