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13 produkter
Case of the Female Orgasm
Bias in the Science of Evolution
Häftad, 2006
314 kr
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Why women evolved to have orgasms--when most of their primate relatives don't--is a persistent mystery among evolutionary biologists. In pursuing this mystery, Elisabeth Lloyd arrives at another: How could anything as inadequate as the evolutionary explanations of the female orgasm have passed …
Science, Politics, and Evolution
Häftad, 2014
569 kr
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This book brings together important essays by one of the leading philosophers of science at work today. Elisabeth A. Lloyd examines several of the central topics in philosophy of biology, including the structure of evolutionary theory, units of selection, and evolutionary psychology, as well as the …
Science, Politics, and Evolution
Inbunden, 2008
1547 kr
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This book brings together important essays by one of the leading philosophers of science at work today. Elisabeth A. Lloyd examines several of the central topics in philosophy of biology, including the structure of evolutionary theory, units of selection, and evolutionary psychology, as well as the …
Keywords in Evolutionary Biology
Av Evelyn Fox Keller, Elisabeth A. Lloyd
Häftad, 1998
474 kr
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In science, more than elsewhere, a word is expected to mean what it says, nothing more, nothing less. But scientific discourse is neither different nor separable from ordinary language—meanings are multiple, ambiguities ubiquitous. Keywords in Evolutionary Biology grapples with this problem in a …
Structure and Confirmation of Evolutionary Theory
Häftad, 1994
1042 kr
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Traditionally a scientific theory is viewed as based on universal laws of nature that serve as axioms for logical deduction. In analyzing the logical structure of evolutionary biology, Elisabeth Lloyd argues that the semantic account is more appropriate and powerful. This book will be of interest …
Structure and Confirmation of Evolutionary Theory
E-bok, 2021
768 kr
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Traditionally a scientific theory is viewed as based on universal laws of nature that serve as axioms for logical deduction. In analyzing the logical structure of evolutionary biology, Elisabeth Lloyd argues that the semantic account is more appropriate and powerful. This book will be of interest …
Units of Selection
Av Javier Suárez, Elisabeth A. Lloyd
Häftad, 2023
406 kr
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This Element introduces the Disambiguating Project (DP) about the units of selection. By DP, the authors mean the thesis that the expression 'units of selection' refers to at least three non-co-extensional functional concepts: interactor, replicator/reproducer/reconstitutor, and manifestor of …
Units of Selection
Av Javier Suárez, Elisabeth A. Lloyd
Inbunden, 2023
1202 kr
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This Element introduces the Disambiguating Project (DP) about the units of selection. By DP, the authors mean the thesis that the expression 'units of selection' refers to at least three non-co-extensional functional concepts: interactor, replicator/reproducer/reconstitutor, and manifestor of …
Climate Modelling
Philosophical and Conceptual Issues
Av Elisabeth A. Lloyd, Eric Winsberg
Inbunden, 2018
2396 kr
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This edited collection of works by leading climate scientists and philosophers introduces readers to issues in the foundations, evaluation, confirmation, and application of climate models. It engages with important topics directly affecting public policy, including the role of doubt, the use of …
Climate Modelling
Philosophical and Conceptual Issues
Av Eric Winsberg, Elisabeth A. Lloyd
E-bok, 2018
3181 kr
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This edited collection of works by leading climate scientists and philosophers introduces readers to issues in the foundations, evaluation, confirmation, and application of climate models. It engages with important topics directly affecting public policy, including the role of doubt, the use of …
Climate Modelling
Philosophical and Conceptual Issues
Av Elisabeth A. Lloyd, Eric Winsberg
Häftad, 2019
2396 kr
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This edited collection of works by leading climate scientists and philosophers introduces readers to issues in the foundations, evaluation, confirmation, and application of climate models. It engages with important topics directly affecting public policy, including the role of doubt, the use of …
