Evolution and the Levels of Selection (häftad)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
276
Utgivningsdatum
2006-11-01
Upplaga
illustrated ed
Utmärkelser
Winner of the Lakatos Award 2009 for outstanding contribution to the philosophy of science
Förlag
OUP Oxford
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numerous line drawings
Dimensioner
223 x 146 x 22 mm
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459 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780199267972

Evolution and the Levels of Selection

av Samir Okasha
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Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? The question of levels of selection - on which biologists and philosophers have long disagreed - is central to evolutionary theory and to the philosophy of biology. Samir Okasha's comprehensive analysis gives a clear account of the philosophical issues at stake in the current debate.
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Elizabeth Lloyd, Trends in Ecology and Evolution A clearly written, unique and useful book

Massimo Pigliucci, Biology and Philosophy A major conceptual contribution to evolutionary theory... Okasha's book makes the sort of contribution that will not be able to be ignored by anyone interested in this field for many years to come.

David Jablonski, Science Evolution and the Levels of Selection is a major contribution toward putting this controversial area on a coherent conceptual and philosophical footing... Okasha has greatly clarified many of the central issues. I can't imagine anyone working on multilevel selection - or attempting to dismiss it - without reading this book.

Elliott Sober, Bioscience Sam Okasha's wonderful new book... is a philosophical examination of the conceptual framework that multi-level selection theory deploys... It is gratifying that his book engages the details of mathematical models and at the same time connects those details with broader philosophical questions.

Matt Haber MIND ...an extremely thought-provoking and important book about a dificult and highly technical topic...This is not a book to pull a chapter out of, but instead demands a careful reading of the whole text. Those who do will be rightly rewarded.

Jonathan Michael Kaplan, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Okasha has written an extremely important book... required reading for anyone working on the levels of selection question

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. Natural Selection in the Abstract; 2. Selection at Multiple Levels: Concepts and Methods; 3. Causality and Multi-level Selection; 4. Philosophical Issues in the Levels of Selection Debate; 5. The Gene's Eye View and its Discontents; 6. The Group Selection Controversy; 7. Species Selection, Clade Selection and Macroevolution; 8. Levels of Selection and the Major Evolutionary Transitions

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