The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

(publisher-supplied Data) The Philosophy Of Biology Is One Of The Most Exciting New Areas In The Field Of Philosophy And One That Is Attracting Much Attention From Working Scientists. This Companion, Edited By Two Of The Founders Of The Field, Includes Newly Commissioned Essays By Senior Scholars And Up-and-coming Younger Scholars Who Collectively Examine The Main Areas Of The Subject - The Nature Of Evolutionary Theory, Classification, Teleology And Function, Ecology, And The Problematic Relationship Between Biology And Religion, Among Other Topics. Up-to-date And Comprehensive In Its Coverage, This Unique Volume Will Be Of Interest Not Only To Professional Philosophers But Also To Students In The Humanities And Researchers In The Life Sciences And Related Areas Of Inquiry. Adaptation / Tim Lewens -- Population Genetics / Roberta L. Millstein, Robert A. Skipper Jr. -- Units And Levels Of Selection / Elisabeth A. Lloyd -- What's Wrong With The Emergentist Statistical Interpretation Of Natural Selection And Random Drift / Robert N. Brandon, Grant Ramsey -- Gene / Paul E. Griffiths, Karola Stotz -- Information In Biology / Peter Godfrey-smith -- Reductionism (and Antireductionism) In Biology / Alexander Rosenberg -- Mechanisms And Models / Lindley Darden -- Teleology / André Ariew -- Macroevolution, Minimalism, And The Radiation Of The Animals / Kim Sterelny -- Philosophy And Phylogenetics: Historical And Current Connections / Maureen Kearney -- Human Evolution: The Three Grand Challenges Of Human Biology / Francisco J. Ayala -- Varieties Of Evolutionary Psychology / David J. Buller -- Neurobiology / Valerie Gray Hardcastle -- Biological Explanations Of Human Sexuality: The Genetic Basis Of Sexual Orientation / Christopher Horvath -- Game Theory In Evolutionary Biology / Zachary Ernst -- What Is An 'embryo' And How Do We Know? / Jane Maienschein -- Evolutionary Developmental Biology / Manfred D. Laubichler -- Molecular And Systems Biology And Bioethics / Jason Scott Robert -- Ecology / Gregory M. Mikkelson -- From Ecological Diversity To Biodiversity / Sahotra Sarkar -- Biology And Religion / Robert T. Pennock -- The Moral Grammar Of Narratives In History Of Biology: The Case Of Haeckel And Nazi Biology / Robert J. Richards. Edited By David Hull And Michael Ruse. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 453-496) And Index. The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Contributors......Page 11 Preface......Page 19 1 Adaptation......Page 29 2 Population Genetics......Page 50 3 Units and Levels of Selection......Page 72 4 What’s Wrong with the Emergentist Statistical Interpretation of Natural Selection and Random Drift?......Page 94 5 Gene......Page 113 6 Information in Biology......Page 131 7 Reductionism (and Antireductionism) in Biology......Page 148 8 Mechanisms and Models......Page 167 9 Teleology......Page 188 10 Macroevolution, Minimalism, and the Radiation of the Animals......Page 210 11 Philosophy and Phylogenetics Historical and Current Connections......Page 239 12 Human Evolution The Three Grand Challenges of Human Biology......Page 261 13 Varieties of Evolutionary Psychology......Page 283 14 Neurobiology......Page 303 15 Biological Explanations of Human Sexuality The Genetic Basis of Sexual Orientation......Page 319 16 Game Theory in Evolutionary Biology......Page 332 17 What Is an ‘Embryo’ and How Do We Know?......Page 352 18 Evolutionary Developmental Biology......Page 370 19 Molecular and Systems Biology and Bioethics......Page 389 20 Ecology......Page 400 21 From Ecological Diversity to Biodiversity......Page 416 22 Biology and Religion......Page 438 23 The Moral Grammar of Narratives in History of Biology The Case of Haeckel and Nazi Biology......Page 457 Reference list......Page 481 Index......Page 525