{"product_id":"toward-a-new-philosophy-of-biology-9780674896666","title":"Toward a New Philosophy of Biology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of 28 essays, five previously unpublished, grouped into nine categories: Philosophy, Natural Selection, Adaptation, Darwin, Diversity, Species, Speciation, Macroevolution, and Historical Perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a pleasure to be in the company of a mind so vibrant and still exploring the boundary between the circle of what is known and the vast expanse of what isn’t. -- Lee Dembart * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003eErnst Mayr is one of a handful of the greatest scientific minds humankind has yet produced… This beautifully presented collection of twenty-eight articles and essays, elegantly introduced and filled with important neologisms all contributing to clarity, is so close to competing with Darwin’s \u003ci\u003eOrigin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e that I would not be surprised if history were to judge that Evolutionism in our century also has a Prophet… In short, this is one great classic. -- Dick Duman * Bloomsbury Review *\u003cbr\u003eMayr’s power to discern biological connections and also to identify the telling example should excite unqualified admiration… \u003ci\u003eToward a New Philosophy of Biology\u003c\/i\u003e is a book to be developed, to be argued with, a book whose margins should be filled with exciting scribblings. -- Philip Kitcher * Nature *\u003cbr\u003eMayr is the greatest living commentator on biology; and if biology is what you do, as a researcher, teacher, writer, or as amateur, then this is a book you should own. -- Colin Tudge * New Scientist *\u003cbr\u003eNever too far below the surface of Mayr the philosopher or historian lies Mayr the combative scientific streetfighter. It is in this capacity that he has been most creative, informative, and downright entertaining throughout his career; and this book is no exception… If you are at all interested in evolution—as a historian, a philosopher, or, above all, as a practicing biologist—you really should read this book. -- Niles Eldredge * BioScience *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. Philosophy   Introduction   1. Is Biology an Autonomous Science?   2. Cause and Effect in Biology   3. The Multiple Meanings of Teleological   4. The Probability of Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life   5. The Origins of Human Ethics    II. Natural Selection   Introduction   6. An Analysis of the Concept of Natural Selection   7. Philosophical Aspects of Natural Selection    III. Adaptation   Introduction   8. Adaptation and Selection   9. How To Carry Out the Adaptationist Program?    IV. Darwin   Introduction   10. Darwin, Intellectual Revolutionary   11. The Challenge of Darwinism   12. What Is Darwinism   13. Darwin and Natural Selection   14. The Concept of Finality in Darwin and alter Darwin   15. The Death of Darwin      V. Diversity   Introduction   16. Toward a Synthesis in Biological Classification   17. Museums and Biological Laboratories   18. Problems in the Classification of Birds      VI. Species   Introduction   19. The Species Category   20. The Ontology of the Species Taxon      VII. Speciation   Introduction   21. Processes of Speciation in Animals   22. Evolution of Fish Species Flocks      VIII. Macro Evolution   Introduction   23. Does Microevolution Explain Macroevolution?   24. The Unity of the Genotype   25. Speciation and Macroevolution   26. Speciational Evolution through Punctuated Equilibria    IX. Historical Perspective   Introduction   27. On Weismann's Growth as an Evolutionist   28. On the Evolutionary Synthesis and After    Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359095456087,"sku":"9780674896666","price":25.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674896666.jpg?v=1754123564","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/toward-a-new-philosophy-of-biology-9780674896666","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}