Author: Depew, David J. & Weber, Bruce H.; editore: Title: Evolution at a Crossroads: The New Biology & the New Philosophy of Science.
Description: Cambridge [MA], MIT Press, (1986). 2nd Printing. orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xiv, 267 pp. Spine creased. Minor rubbing. VG. In a rubbed & torn dustwrapper ¶ 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".
Keywords: Evolutionary Theory, Biology, Philosophy, Science, Evolution, , , ,
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS003722I