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Making Sense of Evolution: The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Biology New edition
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Making Sense of Evolution explores contemporary evolutionary biology, focusing on the elements of theories—selection, adaptation, and species—that are complex and open to multiple possible interpretations, many of which are incompatible with one another and with other accepted practices in the discipline. Particular experimental methods, for example, may demand one understanding of “selection,” while the application of the same concept to another area of evolutionary biology could necessitate a very different definition.
Spotlighting these conceptual difficulties and presenting alternate theoretical interpretations that alleviate this incompatibility, Massimo Pigliucci and Jonathan Kaplan intertwine scientific and philosophical analysis to produce a coherent picture of evolutionary biology. Innovative and controversial, Making Sense of Evolution encourages further development of the Modern Synthesis and outlines what might be necessary for the continued refinement of this evolving field.
- ISBN-100226668371
- ISBN-13978-0226668376
- EditionNew edition
- PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
- Publication dateNovember 15, 2006
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions9.02 x 6 x 0.64 inches
- Print length300 pages
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- Publisher : University of Chicago Press; New edition (November 15, 2006)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 300 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0226668371
- ISBN-13 : 978-0226668376
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.02 x 6 x 0.64 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,782,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,108 in Biology & Life Sciences
- #5,571 in Evolution (Books)
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Massimo Pigliucci is an author, blogger, podcaster, as well as the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. His academic work is in evolutionary biology, philosophy of science, the nature of pseudoscience, and practical philosophy. His books include How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (Basic Books) and Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk (University of Chicago Press). His new book is The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders (Basic Books). More by Massimo at https://massimopigliucci.org.
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