
Mapping the Future of Biology : Evolving Concepts and Theories
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- Paperback | 173 pages
- 154.94 x 231.14 x 12.7mm | 272.15g
- 22 Oct 2010
- Springer
- Dordrecht, Netherlands
- English
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
- XI, 173 p.
- 9048181755
- 9789048181759
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Table of contents
Richard Lewontin
Chapter 1: Introduction
Anouk Barberousse, Michel Morange, Thomas Pradeu
Chapter 2: Articulating Different Modes of Explanation: The Present Boundary in
Biological Research
Michel Morange
Chapter 3: Compromising Positions: The Minding of Matter
Susan Oyama
Chapter 4: Abstractions, Idealizations, and Evolutionary Biology
Peter Godfrey-Smith
Chapter 5: The Adequacy of Model Systems for Evo-Devo: Modeling the Formation Of
Organisms / Modeling the Formation Of Society
Scott F. Gilbert
Chapter 6: Niche Construction in Evolution, Ecosystems and Developmental Biology
John Odling-Smee
Chapter 7: Novelty, Plasticity and Niche Construction: The Influence of Phenotypic
Variation on Evolution
Kim Sterelny
Chapter 8: The Evolution of Complexity
Mark A. Bedau
Chapter 9: Self-Organization, Self-Assembly, and the Origin of Life
Evelyn Fox Keller
Chapter 10: Self-Organization and Complexity in Evolutionary Theory, or, In this Life
the Bread Always Falls Jammy Side Down
Michael Ruse
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"This book includes an interesting collection of papers written by a group of first-rate philosophers and biologists. ... This book is a success as it contains worthy contributions. ... very valuable for the serious student of biology." (Davide Vecchi, Metapsychology Online Reviews, February, 2010)
"This book attempts a challenging integration of recent theoretical concepts in the fields of ecological-evolutionary-development. ... the appeal of this book will be mostly to biological philosophers and ... systems scientists." (A. J. J. Lynch, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 17, June, 2010)
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