Science, Politics, and Evolution

Name: Science, Politics, and Evolution
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ISBN: 9780521684521

ISBN-10: 0521684528

ISBN-13: 9780521684521

Edition: 2014

Authors: Elisabeth A. Lloyd

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This book brings together important essays by the one of the leading philosophers of science at work today. Elisabeth A. Lloyd examines several of the central topics in philosophy of biology, including the structure of evolutionary theory, units of selection, and evolutionary psychology, as well as the Science Wars, feminism and science, and sexuality and objectivity. Lloyd challenges the current evolutionary accounts of the female orgasm and analyzes them for bias. She also offers an innovative analysis of the concept of objectivity. Lloyd analyzes the structure of evolutionary theory and unlocks the puzzle of the units of selection debates into four distinct aspects, illuminating several…

Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/2/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 310
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Elisabeth A. Lloyd is Arnold and Maxine Tanis Chair of History and Philosophy of Science and Professor of Biology, Indiana University.