The Role of Mathematics in Evolutionary Theory by Jun Otsuka
The central role of mathematical modeling in modern evolutionary theory has raised a concern as to why and how abstract formulae can say anything about empirical phenomena of evolution. This Element introduces existing philosophical approaches to this problem and proposes a new account according to which evolutionary models are based on causal, and not just mathematical, assumptions. The novel account features causal models both as the Humean 'uniform nature' underlying evolutionary induction and as the organizing framework that integrates mathematical and empirical assumptions into a cohesive network of beliefs that functions together to achieve epistemic goals of evolutionary biology.-
Slime Mould and Philosophy
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The Metaphysics of Biology
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Biological Organization
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The Missing Two-Thirds of Evolutionary Theory
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Temporal Cognition in Animals
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Organic Progress and Evolutionary Theory
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Health and Disease
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Explanation in Biology
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Controlled Experiments
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Stem Cells
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Modelling Evolution
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Inclusive Fitness and Kin Selection
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The Darwinian Revolution
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Facts, Conventions, and the Levels of Selection
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The Challenge of Evolution to Religion
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Biology and Medical Theory
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The Causal Structure of Natural Selection
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Model Organisms
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What Is Life? Revisited
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Evolution, Morality and the Fabric of Society
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The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking
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Ecological Models
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Paleoaesthetics and the Practice of Paleontology
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Human Cognitive Diversity
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The Organism
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Biological Individuality
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Games in the Philosophy of Biology
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Adaptation
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Social Darwinism
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Philosophy of Developmental Biology
' there are several fascinating questions left to explore using the groundwork laid out in this excellent and thought-provoking book' Jussi Lehtonen, Trends in Ecology and Evolution
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108727853 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108727859 |
| Title | The Role of Mathematics in Evolutionary Theory |
| Author | Jun Otsuka |
| Series | Elements In The Philosophy Of Biology |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2019-10-17 |
| Number of pages | 75 |
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