Metaphysics and the Origin of Species

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Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791434673
Total Pages : 394 pages
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Book Synopsis Metaphysics and the Origin of Species by : Michael T. Ghiselin

Download or read book Metaphysics and the Origin of Species written by Michael T. Ghiselin and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In explaining his individuality thesis, Michael T. Ghiselin provides extended discussions of such philosophical topics as definition, the reality of various kinds of groups, and how we classify traits and processes. He develops and applies the implications for general biology and other sciences and makes the case that a better understanding of species and of classification in general puts biologists and paleontologists in a much better position to understand nature in general, and such processes as extinction in particular.

The Metaphysics of Evolution

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Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438407246
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis The Metaphysics of Evolution by : David L. Hull

Download or read book The Metaphysics of Evolution written by David L. Hull and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1989-11-14 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical collection of essays represents the best of the best when it comes to philosophy of biology. Many chapters treat evolution as a biological phenomenon, but the author is more generally concerned with science itself. Present-day science, particularly current views on systematics and biological evolution are investigated. The aspects of these sciences that are relevant to the general analysis of selection processes are presented, and they also serve to exemplify the general characteristics exhibited by science since its inception.

The Metaphysics of Evolution

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Total Pages : 54 pages
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Book Synopsis The Metaphysics of Evolution by : David L. Hull

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Metaphysics, Materialism, and the Evolution of Mind

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226136592
Total Pages : 252 pages
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Book Synopsis Metaphysics, Materialism, and the Evolution of Mind by : Charles Darwin

Download or read book Metaphysics, Materialism, and the Evolution of Mind written by Charles Darwin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1974 as a companion volume to Darwin on Man by Howard E. Gruber, Paul Barrett’s transcriptions of Darwin’s M and N notebooks served to shed new light on the evolutionist’s methods and motivation. According to Stephen Jay Gould in the New York Times Book Review, “Darwin kept [these notebooks] primarily in 1838, when he was 29 years old. In them, he recorded his early conviction of evolutionary continuity between humans and all other animals. . . . These notebooks display all the features of humanistic intellect that his detractors denied. We find erudition in his comments on Plato, Locke, Hume, Adam Smith, Whewell, Burke, Montaigne, Lessing and Spencer. . . . We appreciate an artistic bent in his delight with nature and her prophet Wordsworth. . . . We grasp the breadth of his bold attempt to clothe all human thought and behaviour in a new evolutionary garb. . . . Charles Darwin was reconstructing the world and he knew exactly what he was doing.”

Baboon Metaphysics

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226102440
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Book Synopsis Baboon Metaphysics by : Dorothy L. Cheney

Download or read book Baboon Metaphysics written by Dorothy L. Cheney and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals.

The Species Problem

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139488295
Total Pages : 247 pages
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Book Synopsis The Species Problem by : Richard A. Richards

Download or read book The Species Problem written by Richard A. Richards and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is long-standing disagreement among systematists about how to divide biodiversity into species. Over twenty different species concepts are used to group organisms, according to criteria as diverse as morphological or molecular similarity, interbreeding and genealogical relationships. This, combined with the implications of evolutionary biology, raises the worry that either there is no single kind of species, or that species are not real. This book surveys the history of thinking about species from Aristotle to modern systematics in order to understand the origin of the problem, and advocates a solution based on the idea of the division of conceptual labor, whereby species concepts function in different ways - theoretically and operationally. It also considers related topics such as individuality and the metaphysics of evolution, and how scientific terms get their meaning. This important addition to the current debate will be essential for philosophers and historians of science, and for biologists.

Squashed Philosophers

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326806785
Total Pages : 343 pages
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Book Synopsis Squashed Philosophers by : Glyn Hughes

Download or read book Squashed Philosophers written by Glyn Hughes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 45 Classics of Philosophy, in their own words, abridged into readable little epitomes. Including: The Ancient Greeks, Confucius, Plato, Aristotle, Aristotle, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, St Augustine, Severinus Boethius, Thomas More, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Francis Bacon, René Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, Baruch Spinoza, Isaac Newton, John Locke, Gottfried Leibniz, George Berkeley, David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraf, Auguste Comte, G.W.F Hegel, Marx And Engels, Arthur Schopenhauer, Henry D Thoreau, John Stuart Mill, Charles Darwin, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, A.J. Ayer, Jean-Paul Sartre.

Darwin and the Nature of Species

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Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791480887
Total Pages : 296 pages
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Book Synopsis Darwin and the Nature of Species by : David N. Stamos

Download or read book Darwin and the Nature of Species written by David N. Stamos and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1859 publication of On the Origin of Species, the concept of "species" in biology has been widely debated, with its precise definition far from settled. And yet, amazingly, there have been no books devoted to Charles Darwin's thinking on the term until now. David N. Stamos gives us a groundbreaking, historical reconstruction of Darwin's detailed, yet often misinterpreted, thoughts on this complex concept. Stamos provides a thorough and detailed analysis of Darwin's extensive writings, both published and unpublished, in order to reveal Darwin's actual species concept. Stamos argues that Darwin had a unique evolutionary species concept in mind, one that was not at all a product of his time. Challenging currently accepted views that believe Darwin was merely following the species ascriptions of his fellow naturalists, Stamos works to prove that this prevailing, nominalistic view should be overturned. This book also addresses three issues pertinent to the philosophy of science: the modern species problem, the nature of concept change in scientific revolutions, and the contextualist trend in professional history of science.

The Species Problem

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Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739107782
Total Pages : 394 pages
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Book Synopsis The Species Problem by : David N. Stamos

Download or read book The Species Problem written by David N. Stamos and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative work, David N. Stamos tackles the problem of determining exactly what a biological species is: in short, whether species are real and the nature of their reality. Although many have written on this topic, The Species Problem is the only comprehensive single-authored book on this central concern of biology. Stamos critically considers the evolution of the three major contemporary views of species: species nominalism, species as classes, and species as individuals. Finally, he develops his own solution to the species problem, a solution aimed at providing a universal species concept worthy of the Modern Synthesis. This book will be of interest to philosophers of biology and of science in general, to historians of biology, and to biologists concerned with one of the most significant (and practical) conceptual issues in their field.

Darwinian Natural Right

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Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791495302
Total Pages : 360 pages
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Book Synopsis Darwinian Natural Right by : Larry Arnhart

Download or read book Darwinian Natural Right written by Larry Arnhart and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1998-04-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how Darwinian biology supports an Aristotelian view of ethics as rooted in human nature. Defending a conception of "Darwinian natural right" based on the claim that the good is the desirable, the author argues that there are at least twenty natural desires that are universal to all human societies because they are based in human biology. The satisfaction of these natural desires constitutes a universal standard for judging social practice as either fulfilling or frustrating human nature, although prudence is required in judging what is best for particular circumstances. The author studies the familial bonding of parents and children and the conjugal bonding of men and women as illustrating social behavior that conforms to Darwinian natural right. He also studies slavery and psychopathy as illustrating social behavior that contradicts Darwinian natural right. He argues as well that the natural moral sense does not require religious belief, although such belief can sometimes reinforce the dictates of nature.

The Metaphysics of Biology

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 100902180X
Total Pages : 150 pages
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Book Synopsis The Metaphysics of Biology by : John Dupré

Download or read book The Metaphysics of Biology written by John Dupré and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Element is an introduction to the metaphysics of biology, a very general account of the nature of the living world. The first part of the Element addresses more traditionally philosophical questions - whether biological systems are reducible to the properties of their physical parts, causation and laws of nature, substantialist and processualist accounts of life, and the nature of biological kinds. The second half will offer an understanding of important biological entities, drawing on the earlier discussions. This division should not be taken too seriously, however: the topics in both parts are deeply interconnected. Although this does not claim to be a scientific work, it does aim to be firmly grounded in our best scientific knowledge; it is an exercise in naturalistic metaphysics. Its most distinctive feature is that argues throughout for a view of living systems as processes rather than things or, in the technical philosophical sense, substances.

Darwinism & Philosophy

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Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Darwinism & Philosophy by : Vittorio Hösle

Download or read book Darwinism & Philosophy written by Vittorio Hösle and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The philosophically most challenging science today, arguably, is no longer physics but biology. It is hardly an exaggeration to state that Charles Darwin has shaped modern evolutionary biology more significantly than anyone else. Moreover, since Darwin's day, philosophers and scientists have realized the enormous philosophical potential of Darwinism and have tried to expand his insights well beyond the limits of biology. However, no consensus has been achieved. The aim of this collection of essays is to revive a comprehensive discussion of the meaning and the philosophical implications of "Darwinism." The contributors to Darwinism and Philosophy are international scholars from the fields of philosophy, science, and history of ideas. A strength of this collection is that it brings together sustained reflection from American and Continental philosophical traditions. The conclusions of the contributors vary, but taken together their essays successfully map the problems of interpreting "Darwinism."

The Metaphysics of Evolution

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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3848216256
Total Pages : 74 pages
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Book Synopsis The Metaphysics of Evolution by : Chad Ripperger

Download or read book The Metaphysics of Evolution written by Chad Ripperger and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his encyclical Humani Generis, Pope Pius XII stressed the importance of preserving the traditional Catholic approach to philosophy. In his work The Metaphysics of Evolution, Fr. Chad Ripperger demonstrates that the theory of evolution is incompatible with the metaphysics of the Catholic tradition.

From Darwinian Metaphysics Towards Understanding the Evolution of Evolutionary Mechanisms

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Publisher : Universitätsverlag Göttingen
ISBN 13 : 3863950062
Total Pages : 502 pages
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Book Synopsis From Darwinian Metaphysics Towards Understanding the Evolution of Evolutionary Mechanisms by : Momme von Sydow

Download or read book From Darwinian Metaphysics Towards Understanding the Evolution of Evolutionary Mechanisms written by Momme von Sydow and published by Universitätsverlag Göttingen. This book was released on 2012 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although Charles Darwin predicted that his theory 'would give zest to ... metaphysics, ' even he would be astonished at the variety of paths his theory has in fact taken. This holds with regard to both gene-Darwinism, a purified Darwinian approach biologizing the social sciences, and process- Darwinism found in the disciplines of psychology, philosophy of science, and economics. Although Darwinism is often linked to highly confirmed biological theories, some of its interpretations seem to profit from tautological claims as well, where scientific reputation cloaks ideological usage. This book discusses central tenets of Darwinism historically as well as systematically, for example the history of different Darwinian paradigms, the units-of-selection debate, and the philosophical problem of induction as basis of metaphysical Darwinism. Crucially the book addresses the Darwinian claim that evolution is governed by an immutable and unrelentingly cruel law of natural selection. Paradoxically, Darwins theory is a static, non-evolutionary theory of evolution. The current book sketches the historical background and provides suggestions that may help to replace this approach by the idea of an evolution of evolutionary mechanisms (see Escher's 'Drawing Hands' on the cover). This view even suggests a tendency to overcome the blindness of the knowledge acquisition of primordial Darwinian processes and allows for some freedom from external environments. This book first develops a radically Darwinian approach, then criticises this approach from within. Even Darwinism has a tendency to transcend itself. Although the book addresses several empirical issues, it does not challenge particular findings. Instead it builds on many insights of Darwinism and provides a proposal for interpreting known empirical evidence in a different light. It should help pave the way for further developing an understanding of nature that transcends Darwinian metaphysics"--Publisher's description.

Philosophy of Biology

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317493672
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Book Synopsis Philosophy of Biology by : Brian Garvey

Download or read book Philosophy of Biology written by Brian Garvey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major new series in the philosophy of science aims to provide a new generation of textbooks for the subject. The series will not only offer fresh treatments of core topics in the theory and methodology of scientific knowledge, but also introductions to newer areas of the discipline. Furthermore, the series will cover topics in current science that raise significant foundational issues both for scientific theory and for philosophy more generally. Biology raises distinct questions of its own not only for philosophy of science, but for metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. This comprehensive new textbook for a rapidly growing field of study provides students new to the subject with an up-to-date presentation of the key philosophical issues. Care is taken throughout to keep the technicalities accessible to the non-biologist but without sacrificing the philosophical subtleties. The first part of the book covers the philosophical challenges posed by evolution and evolutionary biology, beginning with Darwin's central argument in the Origin of the Species. Individual chapters cover natural selection, the selfish gene, alternative units of selection, developmental systems theory, adaptionism and issues in macroevolution. The second part of the book examines philosophical questions arising in connection with biological traits, function, nature and nurture, and biological kinds. The third part of the book examines metaphysical questions, biology's relation with the traditional concerns of philosophy of science, and how evolution has been introduced into epistemological debates. The final part considers the relevance of biology to questions about ethics, religion and human nature.

Philosophical Discussions

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Total Pages : 474 pages
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Evolutionary Philosophy

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ISBN 13 : 110569660X
Total Pages : 234 pages
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