Trees of Life: Essays in Philosophy of Biology
Author:   P.E. Griffiths
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   1992 ed.
Volume:   11
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9780792317098


Pages:   277
Publication Date:   31 May 1992
Format:   Hardback
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Trees of Life: Essays in Philosophy of Biology


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This volume contains papers presented by New Zealand and American philosophers of biology during a recent visit to New Zealand by Elliott Sober. Some of the papers reveal a local perspective on current debates. Robin Craw's contribution to the ""evolutionary"" philosophy of science initiated by David Hull, applies to intellectual evolution the stongly biogeographic approach to the evolution of life that is a recognized New Zealand speciality. Susan Oyama and Russell Gray's papers on the ""developmental systems"" approach to evolution, for example, are the outcome of several years of fruitful exchange. The remaining papers in the volume cover a range of topics. In addition to Sober's own discussion of post-sociobiological treatments of cultural evolution the volume includes Kim Sterelny's evaluation of ""macroevolution"", Paul Griffiths' analysis of adaptation and vestigialty, John Morss on the notion of ontogeny and Timothy Shanahan on the concept of drift.

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Author:   P.E. Griffiths
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1992 ed.
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.300kg
ISBN:  

9780792317098


ISBN 10:   0792317092
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   31 May 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Models of Cultural Evolution.- Punctuated Equilibrium and Macroevolution.- Margins of Cladistics: Identity, Difference and Place in the Emergence of Phylogenetic Systematics 1864–1975.- Adaptive Explanation and the Concept of a Vestige.- Selection, Drift and the Aims of Evolutionary Theory.- Death of the Gene: Developmental Systems Strike Back.- Ontogeny and Phylogeny: A Case of Metarecapitulation?.- Against Ontogeny.

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