Overview

This text opens a dialogue between the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of psychology. It aims to broaden the traditional subject matter of the philosophy of biology while informing the philosophy of psychology of relevant biological constraints and insights. The book is organized around six themes: functions and teleology; evolutionary psychology; innateness; philosophy of mind; philosophy of science; and parallels between between philosophy of biology and philosophy of mind.

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9780262581745

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Where Biology Meets Psychology is a welcome addition to the growing literature linking biology--especially neuroscience and evolution--to psychology and the philosophy of mind. This volume has the further advantage of not being another gathering of the usual suspects. --Robert Cummins, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Davis

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Valerie Gray Hardcastle is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

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