Modelling Evolution by Walter Veit
This Element discusses the central role of models within evolutionary biology, offering an accessible introduction and synthesis of literature in both evolutionary biology and the philosophy of models. We will examine three questions: first, what does it mean to be a 'model' and to engage in 'modelling'? Second, what types of models are employed within evolutionary biology? Third, how can models of evolution be tested? In exploring the answers to these questions, this Element hopes to highlight how evolutionary biology and philosophy of biology can usefully interact to understand conceptual and methodological problems arising from modelling evolution.-
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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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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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
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| ISBN 13 | 9781009459990 |
| ISBN 10 | 1009459996 |
| Title | Modelling Evolution |
| Author | Walter Veit |
| Series | Elements In The Philosophy Of Biology |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2025-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 70 |
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