| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 589 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 39 |
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Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 39
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| Contents |
Part I. Molecular Biology and Genetics -- Gene concepts -- Biological information -- Heredity and heritability -- Genomics, proteomics, and beyond -- Part II. Evolution -- Darwinism and Neo-Darwinism -- Systematics and taxonomy -- Population genetics -- The units and levels of selection -- Molecular evolution -- Speciation and marcoevolution -- Adaptationism -- Part III. Developmental Biology -- Phenotypic plasticity and reaction norms -- Explaining the ontogeny of form: philosophical issues -- Development and evolution -- Part IV. Medicine -- Self and nonself -- Health and disease -- Part V. Ecology -- Population ecology -- Complexity, diversity, and stability -- Ecosystems -- Biodiversity: its meaning and value -- Part VI. Mind and Behavior -- Ethology, ociobiology, and evolutionary psychology -- Cooperation -- Language and evolution -- Part VII. Experimentation, Theory, and Themes -- What is life? -- Experimentation -- Laws and theories -- Models -- Function and teleology -- Reductionism in biology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Biology -- Philosophy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Plutynski, Anya, editor
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Sarkar, Sahotra, editor
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Blackwell Reference Online (Online service)
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| ISBN |
0470695846 (electronic bk.) |
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0470696591 |
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1405180269 |
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9780470695845 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470696590 |
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9781405180269 |
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(hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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(hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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