Evolution at a Crossroads: The New Biology & the New Philosophy of Science.

Depew, David J. & Weber, Bruce H.; editore:

Published by MIT Press (1986), Cambridge [MA], 1986

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23x15cm, xiv, 267 pp Contains 10 papers. Includes: M. Grene "Perception, Interpretation & the Sciences: Toward a New Philosophy of Science"; R.M. Burian "On Conceptual Change in Biology: The Case of the Gene"; E. Mayr "How Biology Differs from the Physical Sciences"; F.J. Ayala "Reduction in Biology: A Recent Challenge"; R.N. Brandon "Adaptation Explanations: Are Adaptations for the Good of Replicators or Interactors?"; C. Dyke "Complexity & Closure"; J.H. Campbell "An Organizational Interpretation of Evolution"; S.A. Kauffman " Self-Organization, Selective Adaptation & Its Limits: A New Pattern of Inference in Evolution & Development"; G.S. Stent "Hermeneutics & the Analysis of Complex Biological Systems"; D.J. Depew & B.H. Weber " Innovation & Tradition in Evolutionary Theory: An interpretive Afterword". Spine creased. Minor rubbing. VG. In a rubbed & torn dustwrapper.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evolution at a Crossroads: The New Biology & the New Philosophy of Science.
• Publisher: MIT Press (1986), Cambridge [MA]
• Publication Date: 1986
• Binding: orig.cloth
• Edition: 2nd Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Evolutionary Theory