Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism

Sandra D Mitchell

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• This collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science defends integrative pluralism as the best description for today's complexity of scientif... Lees meer

Biology and Epistemology

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• This set of original essays by some of the most distinguished names in philosophy of science explores a range of diverse issues at the intersection of... Lees meer

Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution

Jason Scott Robert

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• Philosophers of science have tended to avoid the problem of "development" by focusing primarily on evolutionary biology and, more recently, on molecul... Lees meer

Biology and the Foundations of Ethics

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• There has been much attention devoted in recent years to the question of whether our moral principles can be related to our biological nature. This co... Lees meer

Luke 1:1-9:50 - Concordia Commentary

Arthur Just

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• These volumes explore four central themes: Christology, sacramentology, ecclesiology, and eschatology. Just helps modern readers appreciate the rich t... Lees meer

From a Biological Point of View

Sober Elliott Sober

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• Professor Sober shows how the worlds of philosophical and biological inquiry are interrelated. Lees meer

Philosophy and Biodiversity

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• This important collection focuses on the nature and importance of biodiversity. Many controversies currently surround biodiversity and a few of them a... Lees meer

The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays

Kim Sterelny

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• This book presents a collection of linked essays written by one of the leading philosophers of biology, Kim Sterelny, on the topic of biological evolu... Lees meer

Searching for Sustainability

Bryan G Norton

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• This book examines the setting of sustainability as a goal for environmental management. The author explores ways to break down the disciplinary barri... Lees meer

The Immune Self

Alfred I Tauber

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• The Immune Self is a critical study of immunology from its origins at the end of the nineteenth century to its contemporary formulation. The book offe... Lees meer

The Poverty of the Linnaean Hierarchy

Marc Ereshefsky

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• The question of whether biologists should continue to use the Linnaean hierarchy is a hotly debated issue. Invented before the introduction of evoluti... Lees meer

From a Biological Point of View

Elliott Sober

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• This new collection of essays will appeal to a readership that extends well beyond the frontiers of the philosophy of science. Sober shows how ideas i... Lees meer

Natural Kinds and Conceptual Change

Joseph Laporte

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• According to the received tradition, the language used to refer to natural kinds in scientific discourse remains stable even as theories about these k... Lees meer

The Poverty of the Linnaean Hierarchy

Marc Ereshefsky

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• The question of whether biologists should continue to use the Linnaean hierarchy is a hotly debated issue. Invented before the introduction of evoluti... Lees meer

Genetics and Reductionism

Sahotra Sarkar

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• With the advent of the Human Genome Project there have been many claims for the genetic origins of complex human behavior including insanity, criminal... Lees meer

The Species Problem

Richard A Richards

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• There is long-standing disagreement among systematists about how to divide biodiversity into species. Over twenty different species concepts are used ... Lees meer

The Epistemology of Development, Evolution, and Genetics

Richard Burian

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• The essays in this collection examine developments in three fundamental biological disciplines--embryology, evolutionary biology, and genetics--in con... Lees meer

The Immune Self

Alfred I Tauber

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• The Immune Self is a critical study of immunology from its origins at the end of the nineteenth century to its contemporary formulation. The book offe... Lees meer

The Epistemology of Development, Evolution, and Genetics

Richard Burian

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• The essays in this collection examine developments in three fundamental biological disciplines--embryology, evolutionary biology, and genetics--in con... Lees meer

Genetic Analysis

Raphael Falk

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• There is a paradox lying at the heart of the study of heredity. To understand the ways in which features are passed on down from one generation to the... Lees meer

Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism

Sandra D Mitchell

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• This collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science defends integrative pluralism as the best description for today's complexity of scientif... Lees meer

What Functions Explain

Peter McLaughlin

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• This book offers an examination of functional explanation as it is used in biology and the social sciences, and focuses on the kinds of philosophical ... Lees meer

Darwinism's Struggle for Survival

Jean Gayon

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• In Darwinism's Struggle for Survival Jean Gayon offers a philosophical interpretation of the history of theoretical Darwinism. He begins by examining ... Lees meer

Adaptationism and Optimality

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• The theory of adaptationism argues that natural selection contains sufficient explanatory power in itself to account for all evolution. However, there... Lees meer