Philosophy of Biology: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)
McShea, Daniel W.,Rosenberg, Alex
Language: English
Published by Routledge, 2007
Series: Book 4 of 36 - Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
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- Title
- Philosophy of Biology: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)
- Author
- McShea, Daniel W.,Rosenberg, Alex
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 041531593X
- ISBN 13
- 9780415315937
- Series
- Book 4 of 36: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
Is life a purely physical process? What is human nature? Which of our traits is essential to us? In this volume, Daniel McShea and Alex Rosenberg – a biologist and a philosopher, respectively – join forces to create a new gateway to the philosophy of biology; making the major issues accessible and relevant to biologists and philosophers alike.
Exploring concepts such as supervenience; the controversies about genocentrism and genetic determinism; and the debate about major transitions central to contemporary thinking about macroevolution; the authors lay out the broad terms in which we should assess the impact of biology on human capacities, social institutions and ethical values.
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Alex Rosenberg is R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He is the author of Philosophy of Science: a Contemporary Introduction (2nd edition, 2005) and co-editor with Yuri Balashov of Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings (2002).
Daniel W. McShea is Associate Professor of Biology at Duke University.
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