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33 produkter
Simplicity
Inbunden, 1975
2810 kr
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Attempts to show that the simplicity of a hypothesis can be measured by attending to how well it answers certain kinds of questions.
Nature of Selection
Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus
E-bok, 2014
777 kr
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The Nature of Selection is a straightforward, self-contained introduction to philosophical and biological problems in evolutionary theory. It presents a powerful analysis of the evolutionary concepts of natural selection, fitness, and adaptation and clarifies controversial issues concerning …
Nature of Selection
Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus
Häftad, 1993
358 kr
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The Nature of Selection is a straightforward, self-contained introduction to philosophical and biological problems in evolutionary theory. It presents a powerful analysis of the evolutionary concepts of natural selection, fitness, and adaptation and clarifies controversial issues concerning …
Philosophy Of Biology
Inbunden, 2019
2510 kr
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Perhaps because of it implications for our understanding of human nature, recent philosophy of biology has seen what might be the most dramatic work in the philosophies of the ?special? sciences. This drama has centered on evolutionary theory, and in the second edition of this textbook, Elliott …
Philosophy Of Biology
E-bok, 2018
1022 kr
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Perhaps because of it implications for our understanding of human nature, recent philosophy of biology has seen what might be the most dramatic work in the philosophies of the ?special? sciences. This drama has centered on evolutionary theory, and in the second edition of this textbook, Elliott …
Philosophy Of Biology
E-bok, 2018
989 kr
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Perhaps because of it implications for our understanding of human nature, recent philosophy of biology has seen what might be the most dramatic work in the philosophies of the ?special? sciences. This drama has centered on evolutionary theory, and in the second edition of this textbook, Elliott …
From a Biological Point of View
Essays in Evolutionary Philosophy
Av Elliott Sober, Michael Ruse
Häftad, 1994
650 kr
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Elliott Sober is one of the leading philosophers of science and is a former winner of the Lakatos Prize, the major award in the field. This new collection of essays will appeal to a readership that extends well beyond the frontiers of the philosophy of science. Sober shows how ideas in evolutionary …
Adaptationism and Optimality
Av Steven Hecht Orzack, Elliott Sober
Inbunden, 2001
1400 kr
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The debate over the relative importance of natural selection as compared to other forces affecting the evolution of organisms is a long-standing and central controversy in evolutionary biology. The theory of adaptationism argues that natural selection contains sufficient explanatory power in itself …
Adaptationism and Optimality
Av Steven Hecht Orzack, Elliott Sober
Häftad, 2001
569 kr
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The debate over the relative importance of natural selection as compared to other forces affecting the evolution of organisms is a long-standing and central controversy in evolutionary biology. The theory of adaptationism argues that natural selection contains sufficient explanatory power in itself …
Evidence and Evolution
The Logic Behind the Science
Häftad, 2008
569 kr
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How should the concept of evidence be understood? And how does the concept of evidence apply to the controversy about creationism as well as to work in evolutionary biology about natural selection and common ancestry? In this rich and wide-ranging book, Elliott Sober investigates general questions …
Evidence and Evolution
The Logic Behind the Science
Inbunden, 2008
1514 kr
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How should the concept of evidence be understood? And how does the concept of evidence apply to the controversy about creationism as well as to work in evolutionary biology about natural selection and common ancestry? In this rich and wide-ranging book, Elliott Sober investigates general questions …
Unto Others
The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior
Av Elliott Sober, David Sloan Wilson
Häftad, 1999
452 kr
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No matter what we do, however kind or generous our deeds may seem, a hidden motive of selfishness lurks--or so science has claimed for years. This book, whose publication promises to be a major scientific event, tells us differently. In Unto Others philosopher Elliott Sober and biologist David …
Philosophy Of Biology
Häftad, 2000
866 kr
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Perhaps because of it implications for our understanding of human nature, recent philosophy of biology has seen what might be the most dramatic work in the philosophies of the ?special? sciences. This drama has centered on evolutionary theory, and in the second edition of this textbook, Elliott …
Reconstructing Marxism
Essays on Explanation and the Theory of History
Av Erik Olin Wright, Elliott Sober m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
385 kr
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Reconstructing Marxism explores fundamental questions about the structure of Marxist theory and its prospects for the future. The authors maintain that the disintegration of the old theoretical unity of classical Marxism is in part responsible for what is commonly called the "crisis of Marxism." …
The Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory
Concepts, Inferences, and Probabilities
Häftad, 2024
305 kr
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Natural selection, mutation, and adaptation are well-known and central topics in Darwin's theory of evolution and in the 20th - and 21st -century theories which grew out of it, but many other important topics are used in evolutionary biology that raise interesting philosophical questions. In this …
Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory
Concepts, Inferences, and Probabilities
E-bok, 2024
319 kr
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Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory
Concepts, Inferences, and Probabilities
E-bok, 2024
319 kr
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The Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory
Concepts, Inferences, and Probabilities
Inbunden, 2024
1123 kr
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Natural selection, mutation, and adaptation are well-known and central topics in Darwin's theory of evolution and in the 20th - and 21st -century theories which grew out of it, but many other important topics are used in evolutionary biology that raise interesting philosophical questions. In this …
Core Questions in Philosophy
Av Elliott Sober, Joel Velasco
Häftad, 2025
1069 kr
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In this 9th edition of Core Questions in Philosophy, Elliott Sober and Joel Velasco use an engaging lecture-style format to show students how philosophy is best used to evaluate many different kinds of arguments and to construct sound theories. Well-known historical texts are discussed, not as a …
Core Questions in Philosophy
Av Elliott Sober, Joel Velasco
Inbunden, 2025
2510 kr
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In this 9th edition of Core Questions in Philosophy, Elliott Sober and Joel Velasco use an engaging lecture-style format to show students how philosophy is best used to evaluate many different kinds of arguments and to construct sound theories. Well-known historical texts are discussed, not as a …
Core Questions in Philosophy
Av Joel Velasco, Elliott Sober
E-bok, 2025
1177 kr
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In this 9th edition of Core Questions in Philosophy, Elliott Sober and Joel Velasco use an engaging lecture-style format to show students how philosophy is best used to evaluate many different kinds of arguments and to construct sound theories. Well-known historical texts are discussed, not as a …
Core Questions in Philosophy
Av Joel Velasco, Elliott Sober
E-bok, 2025
1212 kr
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In this 9th edition of Core Questions in Philosophy, Elliott Sober and Joel Velasco use an engaging lecture-style format to show students how philosophy is best used to evaluate many different kinds of arguments and to construct sound theories. Well-known historical texts are discussed, not as a …
Ockham's Razors
A User's Manual
Inbunden, 2015
1529 kr
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Ockham's razor, the principle of parsimony, states that simpler theories are better than theories that are more complex. It has a history dating back to Aristotle and it plays an important role in current physics, biology, and psychology. The razor also gets used outside of science - in everyday …
Ockham's Razors
A User's Manual
Häftad, 2015
429 kr
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Ockham's razor, the principle of parsimony, states that simpler theories are better than theories that are more complex. It has a history dating back to Aristotle and it plays an important role in current physics, biology, and psychology. The razor also gets used outside of science - in everyday …
The Design Argument
Häftad, 2018
308 kr
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This Element analyzes the various forms that design arguments for the existence of God can take, but the main focus is on two such arguments. The first concerns the complex adaptive features that organisms have. Creationists who advance this argument contend that evolution by natural selection …
Design Argument
E-bok, 2018
287 kr
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This Element analyzes the various forms that design arguments for the existence of God can take, but the main focus is on two such arguments. The first concerns the complex adaptive features that organisms have. Creationists who advance this argument contend that evolution by natural selection …
Ockham's Razors
A User''s Manual
E-bok, 2015
424 kr
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Ockham''s razor, the principle of parsimony, states that simpler theories are better than theories that are more complex. It has a history dating back to Aristotle and it plays an important role in current physics, biology, and psychology. The razor also gets used outside of science - in everyday …
