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28 produkter
Challenging the Modern Synthesis
Adaptation, Development, and Inheritance
Av Denis M. Walsh, Philippe Huneman
E-bok, 2017
1265 kr
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Since its origin in the early 20th century, the Modern Synthesis theory of evolution has grown to become the orthodox view on the process of organic evolution. Its central defining feature is the prominence it accords to genes in the explanation of evolutionary dynamics. Since the advent of the …
Challenging the Modern Synthesis
Adaptation, Development, and Inheritance
Av HUNEMAN, Philippe Huneman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1404 kr
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Since its origin in the early 20th century, the Modern Synthesis theory of evolution has grown to become the orthodox view on the process of organic evolution. Its central defining feature is the prominence it accords to genes in the explanation of evolutionary dynamics. Since the advent of the …
When Metaphysics Meets Biology
Kantian Approaches to the Concept of Organism
Inbunden, 2026
2515 kr
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This book explains the background and meaning of Kant’s account of the life sciences in the Critique of the Power of Judgement by reading the development of Kant’s ideas on the living since his 1763 precritical essays, in parallel with analyzing several milestones in the constitution of the concept …
Why?
The Philosophy Behind the Question
Inbunden, 2023
347 kr
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A philosopher explores the many dimensions of a beguilingly simple question.Why did triceratops have horns? Why did World War I occur? Why does Romeo love Juliet? And, most importantly, why ask why? Through an analysis of these questions and others, philosopher Philippe Huneman describes the …
Why?
The Philosophy Behind the Question
E-bok, 2023
399 kr
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A philosopher explores the many dimensions of a beguilingly simple question.Why did triceratops have horns? Why did World War I occur? Why does Romeo love Juliet? And, most importantly, why ask why? Through an analysis of these questions and others, philosopher Philippe Huneman describes the …
Profiling
How Predictive Algorithms Shape Identity and the Social Fabric
Inbunden, 2026
403 kr
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In this book, philosopher Philippe Huneman aims to offer an unprecedented and systematic understanding of a simultaneously banal and singular phenomenon of modern life: the digital profile. Diving deeply into the algorithms that produce these profiles, Huneman examines the way in which an …
Profiling
How Predictive Algorithms Shape Identity and the Social Fabric
E-bok, 2026
468 kr
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In this book, philosopher Philippe Huneman aims to offer an unprecedented and systematic understanding of a simultaneously banal and singular phenomenon of modern life: the digital profile. Diving deeply into the algorithms that produce these profiles, Huneman examines the way in which an …
Understanding Purpose
Kant and the Philosophy of Biology
Häftad, 2007
333 kr
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A collection of essays investigating key historical and scientific questions relating to the concept of natural purpose in Kant's philosophy of biology.Understanding Purpose is an exploration of the central concept of natural purpose [Naturzweck] in Kant's philosophy of biology. Kant's work in this …
From Evolutionary Biology to Economics and Back
Parallels and Crossings between Economics and Evolution
Av Jean-Baptiste André, Mikael Cozic m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1205 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the major key concepts common to economics and evolutionary biology. Written by a group of philosophers of science, biologists and economists, it proposes analyses of the meaning of twenty-five concepts from the viewpoint respectively of economics and …
From Evolutionary Biology to Economics and Back
Parallels and Crossings between Economics and Evolution
Av Bernard Walliser, Johannes Martens m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
1622 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the major key concepts common to economics and evolutionary biology. Written by a group of philosophers of science, biologists and economists, it proposes analyses of the meaning of twenty-five concepts from the viewpoint respectively of economics and …
From Evolutionary Biology to Economics and Back
Parallels and Crossings between Economics and Evolution
Av Jean-Baptiste André, Mikael Cozic m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
1205 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the major key concepts common to economics and evolutionary biology. Written by a group of philosophers of science, biologists and economists, it proposes analyses of the meaning of twenty-five concepts from the viewpoint respectively of economics and …
Death
Perspectives from the Philosophy of Biology
Inbunden, 2023
1205 kr
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This book addresses several key issues in the biological study of death with the intent of capturing their genealogy, the assumptions and presuppositions they make, and the way that they open specific new research avenues. The book is divided into two sections: the first considers physiology and …
Death
Perspectives from the Philosophy of Biology
E-bok, 2023
1587 kr
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This book addresses several key issues in the biological study of death with the intent of capturing their genealogy, the assumptions and presuppositions they make, and the way that they open specific new research avenues. The book is divided into two sections: the first considers physiology and …
Evolutionary Thinking Across Disciplines
Problems and Perspectives in Generalized Darwinism
Av Agathe du Crest, Martina Valković m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1750 kr
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This volume aims to clarify the epistemic potential of applying evolutionary thinking outside biology, and provides a survey of the current state of the art in research on relevant topics in the life sciences, the philosophy of science, and the various areas of evolutionary research outside the …
Evolutionary Thinking Across Disciplines
Problems and Perspectives in Generalized Darwinism
Av Thomas A. C. Reydon, Philippe Huneman m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
2274 kr
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This volume aims to clarify the epistemic potential of applying evolutionary thinking outside biology, and provides a survey of the current state of the art in research on relevant topics in the life sciences, the philosophy of science, and the various areas of evolutionary research outside the …
Evolutionary Thinking Across Disciplines
Problems and Perspectives in Generalized Darwinism
Av Agathe du Crest, Martina Valković m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
1750 kr
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This volume aims to clarify the epistemic potential of applying evolutionary thinking outside biology, and provides a survey of the current state of the art in research on relevant topics in the life sciences, the philosophy of science, and the various areas of evolutionary research outside the …
Time of Nature and the Nature of Time
Philosophical Perspectives of Time in Natural Sciences
Av Christophe Bouton, Philippe Huneman
Inbunden, 2017
1532 kr
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This volume addresses the question of time from the perspective of the time of nature. Its aim is to provide some insights about the nature of time on the basis of the different uses of the concept of time in natural sciences. Presenting a dialogue between philosophy and science, it features a …
Time of Nature and the Nature of Time
Philosophical Perspectives of Time in Natural Sciences
Av Philippe Huneman, Christophe Bouton
E-bok, 2017
1906 kr
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This volume addresses the question of time from the perspective of the time of nature. Its aim is to provide some insights about the nature of time on the basis of the different uses of the concept of time in natural sciences. Presenting a dialogue between philosophy and science, it features a …
Time of Nature and the Nature of Time
Philosophical Perspectives of Time in Natural Sciences
Av Christophe Bouton, Philippe Huneman
Häftad, 2018
1532 kr
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This volume addresses the question of time from the perspective of the time of nature. Its aim is to provide some insights about the nature of time on the basis of the different uses of the concept of time in natural sciences. Presenting a dialogue between philosophy and science, it features a …
Functions: selection and mechanisms
Inbunden, 2013
1641 kr
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This volume handles in various perspectives the concept of function and the nature of functional explanations, topics much discussed since two major and conflicting accounts have been raised by Larry Wright and Robert Cummins’ papers in the 1970s. Here, both Wright’s ‘etiological theory of …
Functions: selection and mechanisms
Häftad, 2015
1641 kr
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This volume handles in various perspectives the concept of function and the nature of functional explanations, topics much discussed since two major and conflicting accounts have been raised by Larry Wright and Robert Cummins’ papers in the 1970s. Here, both Wright’s ‘etiological theory of …
Classification, Disease and Evidence
New Essays in the Philosophy of Medicine
Av Philippe Huneman, Gérard Lambert m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
552 kr
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This anthology of essays presents a sample of studies from recent philosophy of medicine addressing issues which attempt to answer very general (interdependent) questions: (a) what is a disease and what is health? (b) How do we (causally) explain diseases? (c) And how do we distinguish diseases, …
Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences
Av Thomas Heams, Philippe Huneman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2185 kr
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The Darwinian theory of evolution is itself evolving and this book presents the details of the core of modern Darwinism and its latest developmental directions. The authors present current scientific work addressing theoretical problems and challenges in four sections, beginning with the concepts …
Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences
Av Marc Silberstein, Guillaume Lecointre m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
2925 kr
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The Darwinian theory of evolution is itself evolving and this book presents the details of the core of modern Darwinism and its latest developmental directions. The authors present current scientific work addressing theoretical problems and challenges in four sections, beginning with the concepts …
Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences
Av Thomas Heams, Philippe Huneman m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
2185 kr
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The Darwinian theory of evolution is itself evolving and this book presents the details of the core of modern Darwinism and its latest developmental directions. The authors present current scientific work addressing theoretical problems and challenges in four sections, beginning with the concepts …
Classification, Disease and Evidence
New Essays in the Philosophy of Medicine
Av Philippe Huneman, Gérard Lambert m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
552 kr
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This anthology of essays presents a sample of studies from recent philosophy of medicine addressing issues which attempt to answer very general (interdependent) questions: (a) what is a disease and what is health? (b) How do we (causally) explain diseases? (c) And how do we distinguish diseases, …
