عنوان

Evolution, explanation, ethics, and aesthetics :

شابک

0128036931

شابک

9780128036938

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Evolution, explanation, ethics, and aesthetics :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

towards a philosophy of biology /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Francisco J. Alaya

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiii, 408 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

23 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

Part I. Evolution -- The Darwinian revolution -- Evolution is a "fact" -- Life's origin -- LUCA and the tree of life -- Three grand challenges of human biology -- Part II. Explanation -- Design without designer -- Adaptation and novelty: teleological explanations in evolutionary biology -- Evolutioin and progress -- The scientific method -- Reduction and emergence -- Microevolution and macroevolution: a new evolutionary synthesis -- Part III. Ethics, aesthetics, and religion -- Ethics -- Aesthetics -- Religion -- Law and the courts -- Intelligent design -- Human evolution, genetic engineering, and cloning

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

Evolution, Explanation, Ethics, and Aesthetics: Towards a Philosophy of Biology focuses on the dominant biological topic of evolution, with the unique benefit of being written by an eminent biologist who also happens to be a philosopher. It deals with the prevailing philosophical themes of how to explain the adaptation of organisms, the interplay of chance and necessity, and the recurrent topics of emergence, reductionism, and progress. Also extensively treated is the all-important (and of great interest) topic of how to explain human nature as a result of natural processes, and the encompassed issues of the foundations of morality and the brain-to-mind transformation. This book is a useful resource for seminar and college courses on the philosophy of biology as well as for researchers, academics, and students in evolutionary biology, behavior, genetics, and biodiversity. Additionally, it provides a stimulating discussion of the field for those with an interest in human biology and issues such as ethics, religion, and the mind, along with professional philosophers of science and those concerned with such issues as whether evolution is compatible with religion and/or where morality comes from

موضوع مستند نشده

Evolution (Biology)-- Philosophy

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Ayala, Francisco José,1934-

تاريخ عمليات

20161027013925.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y