The theory of adaptationism argues that natural selection contains sufficient explanatory power in itself to account for all evolution. However, there are differing views about the efficiency, or optimality, of the adaptation model of explanation. If the adaptationism theory is applied, are energy and resources being used as optimally as possible? Adaptationism and Optimality combines contributions from biologists and philosophers, and offers a systematic treatment of foundational, conceptual, and methodological issues surrounding the theory of adaptationism.
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The theory of adaptationism argues that natural selection contains sufficient explanatory power in itself to account for all evolution. However, there are differing views about the efficiency, or optimality, of the adaptation model of explanation. If the adaptationsim theory is applied, are energy and resources being used as optimally as possible? Adaptationsim and Optimality combines contributions from biologists and philosophers, and offers a systematic treatment of foundational, conceptual , and methodological issues surrounding the theory of adaptationism.
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Elliott Sober is Hans Reichenbach Professor of Philosophy and William F. Vilas Research Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison where he has taught since 1974. His research is in philosophy of science, especially in the philosophy of evolutionary biology. Sober's books include The Nature of Selection - Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus (1984), Reconstructing the Past - Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference (1988), Philosophy of Biology (1993), From a Biological Point of View - Essays in Evolutionary Philosophy (1994), and Unto Others - The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior (1998), coauthored with David Sloan Wilson.
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The common core of all studies of adaptation is the assessment of the role of natural selection in character origin and/or maintenance. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The common core of all studies of adaptation is the assessment of the role of natural selection in character origin and/or maintenance. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
empirical adaptationism, fig wasp species, explanatory adaptationism, inertial hypothesis, nonvarying traits, evolutionarily stable minimum, individual fitness surface, methodological adaptationism, current genetic state, cycling evolution, explanatory adaptationist, fig wasp sex ratios, ancestral trait values, debate over adaptationism, fair meiosis, mality models, testing adaptationism, strict best response, two foundresses, phenotype existence, microevolutionary model, foundress numbers, optimization research program, explanatory relativity, genetic equilibria Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Naturalist, Maynard Smith, New York, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Academic Press, Theoretical Population Biology, Cambridge University Press, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Journal of Mathematical Biology, Quarterly Review of Biology, Steven Orzack, Sinauer Associates, University of Chicago Press, Van Valen, American Zoologist, Animal Behaviour, San Diego, D'Arcy Thompson, Clarendon Press, Harvard University Press, Columbia University Press, Oxford Surveys, San Francisco, John Murray New!
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- The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on 4 pages
- From a Biological Point of View: Essays in Evolutionary Philosophy (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Elliott Sober in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Latest on the Best: Essays on Evolution and Optimality by John Dupré on page 300
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- Economic Theory and Cognitive Science: Microexplanation (Bradford Books) by Don Ross in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Giovanni Boniolo on page 55, and Back Matter
- Discovering Cell Mechanisms: The Creation of Modern Cell Biology (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by William Bechtel in Front Matter
- Darwinism and its Discontents by Michael Ruse in Back Matter
- The Epistemology of Development, Evolution, and Genetics (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Richard Burian in Front Matter
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