The Darwinian Revolution by Michael Ruse
What is the Darwinian revolution and why is it important for philosophers? These are the questions tackled in this Element. In four sections, the topics covered are the story of the revolution, the question of whether it really was a revolution, the nature of the revolution, and the implications for philosophy, both epistemology and ethics.-
Slime Mould and Philosophy
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The Metaphysics of Biology
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Biological Organization
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Structure and Function
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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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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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The Role of Mathematics in Evolutionary Theory
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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
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Philosophy of Immunology
'The refreshing aspect of this rambling romp through the history and philosophy of the Darwinian revolution is that although Ruse is writing for young philosophers of science, he does so from a place of comfort both with the science and the historyIn doing so, he provides the perfect introduction to this diffuse and contentious literature, which can be rather foreign terrain for uninitiated biologists.' John Reiss, The Quarterly Review of Biology
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108727839 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108727832 |
| Title | The Darwinian Revolution |
| Author | Michael Ruse |
| Series | Elements In The Philosophy Of Biology |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2019-05-09 |
| Number of pages | 75 |
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