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Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology
Francisco José Ayala & Robert Arp (eds.)
Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell (2009)
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This collection of specially commissioned essays puts top scholars head to head to debate the central issues in the lively and fast growing field of philosophy...Other Versions
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It is possible to reduce biological explanations to explanations in chemistry and/or physics. (pages 19–31)Evelyn Fox Keller
It is not possible to reduce biological explanations to explanations in chemistry and/or physics. (pages 32–47)John Dupré
Traits have evolved to function the way they do because of a past advantage. (pages 53--71)Mark Perlman
Traits have not evolved to function the way they do because of a past advantage. (pages 72--88)Robert Cummins & Martin Roth
Selection does operate primarily on genes : in defense of the gene as the unit of selection. (pages 127--140)Carmen Sapienza
Microevolution and macroevolution are governed by the same processes. (pages 169–179)Michael R. Dietrich
Microevolution and macroevolution are not governed by the same processes. (pages 180--193)Douglas H. Erwin
Evolutionary developmental biology offers a significant challenge to the neo-Darwinian paradigm. (pages 199–212)Manfred D. Laubichler
Evolutionary developmental biology does not offer a significant challenge to the neo-Darwinian paradigm. (pages 213–226)Alessandro Minelli
The basic components of the human mind were solidified during the Pleistocene epoch. (pages 231–242)Valerie G. Starratt & Todd K. Shackelford
The basic components of the human mind were not solidified during the Pleistocene epoch. (pages 243–252)Stephen M. Downes
Memetics does provide a useful way of understanding cultural evolution. (pages 255--272)Susan Blackmore
Memetics does not provide a useful way of understanding cultural evolution : a developmental perspective. (pages 273-291)William C. Wimsatt
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