The Evolution of Darwinism

The Evolution of Darwinism

Einband:
Fester Einband
EAN:
9780521834131
Untertitel:
Selection, Adaptation and Progress in Evolutionary Biology
Autor:
Timothy Shanahan
Herausgeber:
Cambridge University Press
Anzahl Seiten:
354
Erscheinungsdatum:
04.01.2013
ISBN:
0521834139

Focuses on three issues of debate in Darwin's theory of evolution using a historical and philosophical perspective.

Klappentext
Focuses on three issues of debate in Darwin??'s theory of evolution using a historical and philosophical perspective.

Zusammenfassung
The Evolution of Darwinism, first published in 2004, focuses on three issues of debate in Darwin's theory of evolution - the nature of selection, the nature and scope of adaptation, and the question of evolutionary progress - using a historical and philosophical perspective.

Inhalt
Introduction; Part I. Selection: 1. Darwin and natural selection; 2. The group selection controversy; 3. For whose good does natural selection work?; Part II. Adaptation: 4. Darwin (and others) on biological perfection; 5. Adaptation after Darwin; 6. Adaptation(ism) and its limits; Part III. Progress: 7. Darwin on evolutionary progress; 8. Evolutionary progress from Darwin to Dawkins; 9. Is evolution progressive?; 10. Human physical and mental evolution; Epilogue.


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