Evolutionary naturalism : selected essays

✍ Scribed by Michael Ruse

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Leaves: 328
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

A collection of essays on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology which put the theory of knowledge and of moral behaviour on a philosophical basis informed by contemporary evolutionary biological theory.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION; 1 OUGHT PHILOSOPHERS CONSIDER SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY?; 2 ARE PICTURES REALLY NECESSARY?; 3 CONTROVERSY IN PALAEONTOLOGY; INTRODUCTION; 4 A THREEFOLD PARALLELISM FOR OUR TIME?; 5 SCIENTIFIC CHANGE IS A FAMILY AFFAIR!; 6 THE VIEW FROM SOMEWHERE; INTRODUCTION; 7 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND CULTURAL VALUES; 8 EVOLUTION AND ETHICS; 9 EVOLUTIONARY ETHICS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;
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