'A book rich and various in ideas and substance...It belongs on the shelf of anyone wanting to keep up with what is happening in ethology.'-Bioscience, from a review of an earlier volume Beginning with Volume 11, Nicholas S. Thompson takes over the editorship of this remarkable series. For this volume, contributors bring fresh perspectives to the subject of natural design.
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In this paper we argue that biologists in general, and ethologists in particular, can benefit from adopting an analysis of the concept of natural design that distinguishes it from the concept of biological function. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
etiological natural selection account, antisnake behavior, venom resistance, dispositional index, interneural connectivity, psychological teleology, sexual cannibalism, focal relevance, general search mode, derived behavior patterns, dispositional interaction, focal search mode, behavior systems approach, eye schema, snake recognition, possible fitness landscapes, cognitive topography, diversionary displays, teleological claims, relaxed selection, evolutionary persistence, biological teleology, appetitive behavior, dispositional property, reserve tissue Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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In this paper we argue that biologists in general, and ethologists in particular, can benefit from adopting an analysis of the concept of natural design that distinguishes it from the concept of biological function. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
etiological natural selection account, antisnake behavior, venom resistance, dispositional index, interneural connectivity, psychological teleology, sexual cannibalism, focal relevance, general search mode, derived behavior patterns, dispositional interaction, focal search mode, behavior systems approach, eye schema, snake recognition, possible fitness landscapes, cognitive topography, diversionary displays, teleological claims, relaxed selection, evolutionary persistence, biological teleology, appetitive behavior, dispositional property, reserve tissue Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Academic Press, Maynard Smith, John Wiley, Brain Res, Harvard University Press, Thompson Plenum Press, University of Chicago Press, Brian Goodwin, Clarendon Press, Psychological Review, Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, San Francisco, Van Parijs, Behan Brain Sci, East Africa, Englewood Cliffs, Folsom Lake, New Haven, Psychonomic Bulletin New!
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- Adaptation and Natural Selection by George Christopher Williams on 4 pages
- Blind Watchmaker (Penguin Science) by Richard Dawkins on 4 pages
- Cerebral Cortex: Volume 8A: Comparative Structure and Evolution of Cerebral Cortex, Part I by Edward G. Jones on page 134, page 141, and page 144
- The Study of Instinct by Nikolaas Tinbergen on page 46, page 81, and page 147
- The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin on page 78, page 137, and page 298
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- What Functions Explain: Functional Explanation and Self-Reproducing Systems (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Peter McLaughlin in Back Matter
- A Brief History of the Mind: From Apes to Intellect and Beyond by William H. Calvin in Back Matter
- Functions: New Essays in the Philosophy of Psychology and Biology by Andre Ariew on page 242
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