{"product_id":"philosophy-of-biology-isbn-9781405183161","title":"Philosophy of Biology","description":"By 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  Personal 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. Miller\u003c\/p\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  \u003cb\u003eAlex Rosenberg\u003c\/b\u003e is the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Philosophy of Biology at Duke University. He has published 11 books on the philosophy of science including \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Biology: A Contemporary Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) with Daniel McShea. In 1993, he won the Lakatos Prize in the Philosophy of Science and in 2007 was the National Phi Beta Kappa Rommell lecturer in philosophy.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Arp\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Associate with the National Center for Biomedical Ontology at the University of Buffalo and works with the Ontology Research Group at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics \u0026amp; Life Sciences in Buffalo, New York. A PhD in Philosophy from Saint Louis University, he has published in the areas of philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, and biomedical ontology.\u003c\/p\u003e  Rapid biological advances and new standards of philosophical rigor are casting age-old questions about the nature and methodology of the biological sciences in a dramatic new light. \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Biology: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of the field’s most significant works. The text is organized to provide readers at all levels with a thorough grounding in the general history, philosophy, and science behind debates that remain at the heart of the philosophy of biology. Addressing the field’s central issues, sections draw on works relating to Darwinism and its influence on the biological sciences, evolution and chance, the unit of selection debate, adaptationism, evolutionary psychology, and the burgeoning science of evolutionary developmental biology, to name just a few. Editors’ introductions and further reading material throughout the text – combined with the readings themselves – provide novices with a solid basis on which to pursue further research in philosophy of biology.  \u003cp\u003eComprehensive in scope, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Biology: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers an accessible gateway into a field of study that holds the most crucial insights and implications into our understanding of the nature and methodology of the biological sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This excellent anthology covers a wide range of biological disciplines and controversies. It demonstrates the great value of reflective philosophical analysis in interpreting biology and its claims about human nature. It is ideal for use in introductory courses in philosophy of biology.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRichard Burian,\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia Tech\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Biology: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e is a splendid collection of papers dedicated to the current issues in the philosophy of biology. The book is organized around twelve major topics, with at least two papers for each topic, expressing contrasting views as appropriate, and all written by leading experts. This book will serve well as a text for courses in the philosophy of biology, and as supplementary reading in philosophy of science and other classes.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eFrancisco J. 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