Ayala / Arp Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1493-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy

This collection of specially commissioned essays puts top scholarshead to head to debate the central issues in the lively and fastgrowing field of philosophy of biology
* Brings together original essays on ten of the most hotlydebated questions in philosophy of biology
* Lively head-to-head debate format sharply defines the issuesand paves the way for further discussion
* Includes coverage of the new and vital area of evolutionarydevelopmental biology, as well as the concept of a unified species,the role of genes in selection, the differences between micro- andmacro-evolution, and much more
* Each section features an introduction to the topic as well assuggestions for further reading
* Offers an accessible overview of this fast-growing and dynamicfield, whilst also capturing the imagination of professionalphilosophers and biologists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ayala, Francisco J.

Arp, Robert

Über Autor(innen)

Francisco J. Ayala is Donald Bren Professor ofBiological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, USA.He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the AmericanPhilosophical Society. In 2001, he received the National Medal ofScience. Ayala has published more than 950 articles and is theauthor or editor of 31 books. He has been named the Renaissance Manof Evolutionary Biology by The New York Times.
Robert Arp is an analyst at The Analysis Group, LLCwho has interests in philosophy of biology and ontology in theinformatics sense. He is the author of ScenarioVisualization: An Evolutionary Account of Creative ProblemSolving (2008), and co-editor of Philosophy of Biology: AnAnthology (Blackwell, 2009).