{"product_id":"philosophy-of-biology-9781405183161","title":"Philosophy of Biology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy combining excerpts from key historical writings with editors' introductions and further reading material, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Biology: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date collection of the field's most significant works.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses central questions such as What is life?' and How did it begin?', and the most current research and arguments on evolution and developmental biology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEditorial notes throughout the text define, clarify, and qualify ideas, concepts and arguments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes material on evolutionary psychology and evolutionary developmental biology not found in other standard philosophy of biology anthologies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFurther reading material assists novices in delving deeper into research in philosophy of biology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nevertheless, this new anthology is a useful addition to the existing collection of building blocks from which introductory courses in philosophy of biology are constructed.\" (\u003ci\u003eActa Biotheor\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 June 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Biology: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e has selections that make it easy to teach evolutionary theory, clear up common misconceptions, and introduce students to genuinely important philosophical problems.\" (\u003ci\u003eScience \u0026amp; Education\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersonal Acknowledgments  \u003cp\u003eSource Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction: A Short History of Philosophy of Biology: Alex Rosenberg and Robert Arp\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Basic Principles and Proofs of Darwinism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Struggle for Existence and Natural Selection: Charles Darwin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Evolution: Eugenie G. Scott\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Evolution and Chance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Beyond the Reach of Chance: Michael Denton\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Accumulating Small Change: Richard Dawkins\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Chance and Natural Selection: John Beatty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Principle of Drift: Biology’s First Law: Robert N. Brandon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Tautology Problem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Darwin’s Untimely Burial: Stephen Jay Gould\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Adaptation and Evolutionary Theory: Robert N. Brandon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Adaptationism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme: Stephen Jay Gould and Richard C. Lewontin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. How to Carry Out the Adaptationist Program?: Ernst Mayr\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Biological Function and Teleology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Modern Philosophical Resurrection of Teleology: Mark Perlman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Neo-Teleology: Robert Cummins\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. A Modern History Theory of Functions: Peter Godfrey-Smith\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Evolutionary Developmental Biology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Endless Forms: The Evolution of Gene Regulation and Morphological Diversity: Sean B. Carroll\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Functional Evo-devo: Casper J. Breuker, Vincent Debat, and Christian Peter Klingenberg\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Reductionism and the Biological Sciences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. 1953 and All That: A Tale of Two Sciences: Philip Kitcher\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The Multiple Realizability Argument against Reductionism: Elliott Sober\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: Species and Classification Problems\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Species, Taxonomy, and Systematics: Marc Ereshefsky\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Spec;iation: A Catalogue and Critique of Species Concepts: Jerry A. Coyne and H. Allen Orr\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX: The Units of Selection Debate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Artifact, Cause, and Genic Selection: Elliott Sober and Richard C. Lewontin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. The Return of the Gene: Kim Sterelny and Philip Kitcher\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. The Levels of Selection Debate: Philosophical Issues: Samir Okasha\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X: Sociobiology and Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis: Edward O. Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. The Evolution of Cooperation: Robert Axelrod and William D. Hamilton\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Darwinism in Moral Philosophy and Social Theory: Alex Rosenberg\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XI: Evolutionary Psychology\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology: John Tooby and Leda Cosmides\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. The Environments of Our Hominin Ancestors, Tool-usage, and Scenario Visualization: Robert Arp\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XII: Design and Creationism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Science and Creationism: Donald Prothero\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Irreducible Complexity: Obstacle to Darwinian Evolution: Michael J. Behe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. The Flagellum Unspun: The Collapse of \"Irreducible Complexity\": Kenneth R. 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