Evolution 2.0: Implications Of Darwinism In Philosophy And The Social And Natural Sciences (the Frontiers Collection)

These essays by leading philosophers and scientists focus on recent ideas at the forefront of modern Darwinism, showcasing and exploring the challenges they raise as well as open problems. This interdisciplinary volume is unique in that it addresses the key notions of evolutionary theory in approaches to the mind, in the philosophy of biology, in the social sciences and humanities; furthermore it considers recent challenges to, and extensions of, Neo-Darwinism. The essays demonstrate that Darwinism is an evolving paradigm, with a sphere of influence far greater than even Darwin is likely to have imagined when he published ‘On the Origin of Species’ in 1859. The Embodiment Of Mind / Gerald M. Edelman -- Depression : An Evolutionary Adaptation Organised Around The Third Ventricle / Colin A. Hendrie And Alasdair R. Pickles -- Does Depression Require An Evolutionary Explanation? / Sarah Ashelford -- A Darwinian Account Of Self And Free Will / Gonzalo Munevar -- The Problem Of 'darwinizing' Culture (or Memes As The New Phlogiston) / Timothy Taylor -- Evolutionary Epistemology : Its Aspirations And Limits / Anthony O'hear -- Angraecum Sesquipedale : Darwin's Great 'gamble' / Steven Bond -- Darwinian Inferences / Robert Nola And Friedel Weinert -- Breaking The Bonds Of Biology - Natural Selection In Nelson And Winter's Evolutionary Economics / Eugene Earnshaw-whyte -- The Ethical Treatment Of Animals : The Moral Significance Of Darwin's Theory / Rob Lawlor -- Is Human Evolution Over? / Steve Jones -- Evolutionary Medicine / Michael Ruse -- The Struggle For Life And The Conditions Of Existence : Two Interpretations Of Darwinian Evolution / D.m. Walsh -- Frequency Dependence Arguments For The Co-evolution Of Genes And Culture / Graciela Kuechle And Diego Rios -- Taking Biology Seriously : Neo-darwinism And Its Many Challenges / Davide Vecchi -- Implications Of Recent Advances In The Understanding Of Heritability For Neo-darwinian Orthodoxy / Martin H. Brinkworth, David Miller, And David Iles. Martin Brinkworth, Friedel Weidert, Editors. Most Papers Originally Presented At The International Darwin Conference Held Sept. 24-26, 2009, At The University Of Bradford, West Yorkshire, Uk. Cf. Foreword And Conference's Website. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Introduction....Pages 1-7 The Embodiment of Mind....Pages 11-21 Depression: An Evolutionary Adaptation Organised Around the Third Ventricle....Pages 23-32 Does Depression Require an Evolutionary Explanation?....Pages 33-42 A Darwinian Account of Self and Free Will....Pages 43-63 The Problem of ‘Darwinizing’ Culture (or Memes as the New Phlogiston)....Pages 65-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Evolutionary Epistemology: Its Aspirations and Limits....Pages 85-92 Angraecum sesquipedale : Darwin’s Great ‘Gamble’....Pages 93-110 Darwinian Inferences....Pages 111-128 Breaking the Bonds of Biology – Natural Selection in Nelson and Winter’s Evolutionary Economics....Pages 129-145 The Ethical Treatment of Animals: The Moral Significance of Darwin’s Theory....Pages 147-163 Front Matter....Pages 165-165 Is Human Evolution Over?....Pages 167-176 Evolutionary Medicine....Pages 177-189 The Struggle for Life and the Conditions of Existence: Two Interpretations of Darwinian Evolution....Pages 191-209 Frequency Dependence Arguments for the Co-evolution of Genes and Culture....Pages 211-223 Taking Biology Seriously: Neo-Darwinism and Its Many Challenges....Pages 225-247 Implications of Recent Advances in the Understanding of Heritability for Neo-Darwinian Orthodoxy....Pages 249-253 Back Matter....Pages 255-261