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Adaptationism and Optimality (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) (Paperback)

by Steven Hecht Orzack (Editor), Elliott Sober (Editor) "The common core of all studies of adaptation is the assessment of the role of natural selection in character origin and/or maintenance..." (more)
Key Phrases: empirical adaptationism, fig wasp species, explanatory adaptationism, American Naturalist, Maynard Smith, New York (more...)

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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 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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Paperback: 420 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (June 4, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521598362
ISBN-13: 978-0521598361
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,428,883 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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

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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

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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 Dupr� 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)
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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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