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by Kim Sterelny (Author) "Earlier work in philosophy of biology focused mostly on understanding the relationship between biology and the more basic sciences of physics and chemistry, and developing..." (more)
Key Phrases: environmental complexity hypothesis, burrow genes, water cricket evolution, Maynard Smith, Peter Godfrey-Smith, New Zealand (more...)
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"...the frequent use of examples is one of the strengths of the book..." Marlene Zuk, Quarterly Review of Biology

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This book presents a collection of linked essays written by one of the leading philosophers of biology, Kim Sterelny, on the topic of biological evolution. The first half of the book explores most of the main theoretical controversies about evolution and selection, while the second half applies some of these ideas in considering cognitive evolution. These essays, some never before published, form a coherent whole that defends not just an overall conception of evolution, but also a distinctive take on cognitive evolution.

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Earlier work in philosophy of biology focused mostly on understanding the relationship between biology and the more basic sciences of physics and chemistry, and developing more subtle views on the major themes of philosophy of science - reduction, explanation and causation - based on a broader range of scientific practice. Read the first page
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environmental complexity hypothesis, burrow genes, water cricket evolution, broad individualism, adaptive phenotypic effects, specific proximal stimulus, allelic environment, broad individualist, explanatory adaptationism, trait group selection, metarepresentation hypothesis, averaging fallacy, great ape clade, warning gene, social intelligence hypothesis, high level vehicles, high level selection, habit machines, genic selectionism, genic selectionists, response breadth, adaptationist hypothesis, outlaw genes, extended phenotypic effects, classical fitness
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Maynard Smith, Peter Godfrey-Smith, New Zealand, Received View, Developmental Systems Theory, Mayr's Brake, David Hull, Philip Kitcher, Richard Dawkins, Ruth Millikan, The Extended Replicator, Paul Griffiths, Red Queen, World War, Bruce Effect, Elliott Sober, Richard Lewontin, Robert Brandon
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