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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology
Ruse, Michael (Editor), Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University
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Print publication date: 2008 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-518205-7
Published to Oxford Handbooks Online: September 2009
doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195182057.001.0001


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Abstract: Introduction – The History of the Philosophy of Biology – Darwinian Evolutionary Theory: Its Structure and Its Mechanism – Population Thinking – Testing Adaptive Hypotheses, Optimality Models, and Adaptationism – Teleology – Evolvability – Species and Taxonomy – Chance Variation and Evolutionary Contingency: Darwin, Simpson, The Simpsons, and Gould – Macroevolution – Beyond Theoretical Reduction and Layer-Cake Antireduction: How DNA Retooled Genetics and Transformed Biological Practice – Origins of Life Studies – Evo-Devo – Philosophical Issues Arising from Genomics – Animal Behavior – Philosophy of Neuroscience – Teleological Theories of Mental Content: Can Darwin Solve the Problem of Intentionality? – Sociobiology, Evolutionary Psychology, and Cultural Evolution – Evolution of Moral Norms – Genes and Society – The Concept of Race in Medicine – Ecology and the Environment – Agriculture and Agricultural Biotechnology – Biology and Religion – Feminist Philosophy of Biology – The Rhetorical Dimension of Stephen Jay Gould's Work

Keywords: philosophy of biology, chance, concept, content, evolution, evolutionary psychology, intention, intentionality, life, mechanism, model, neuroscience, philosophy, population, rhetoric, society, species, theory, thinking, feminist philosophy, models, race
Introduction
Ruse, Michael
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3. Population Thinking
Ariew, André
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5. Teleology
Walsh, Denis
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6. Evolvability
Sansom, Roger
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7. Species and Taxonomy
Richards, Richard A.
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9. Macroevolution
Sepkoski, David
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11. Origins of Life Studies
Griesemer, James
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12. Evo-Devo
Robert, Jason Scott
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14. Animal Behavior
Crowley, Stephen J.
Allen, Colin
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15. Philosophy of Neuroscience
Gold, Ian
Roskies, Adina L.
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18. Evolution of Moral Norms
Harms, William
Skyrms, Brian
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19. Genes and Society
Gannett, Lisa
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20. The Concept of Race in Medicine
Andreasen, Robin O.
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21. Ecology and the Environment
Plutynski, Anya
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23. Biology and Religion
Murphy, Nancey
Schloss, Jeffrey P.
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25. The Rhetorical Dimension of Stephen Jay Gould's Work
Barahona, Ana
Cachón, Vladimir
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Index
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