Life and Evolution : Latin American Essays on the History and Philosophy of Biology /: Latin American Essays on the History and Philosophy of Biology. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lorenzo Baravalle, Luciana Zaterka.
• Editors: Baravalle, Lorenzo; Zaterka, Luciana
• Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Weldon's unpublished Manuscript: An Attempt at Reconciliation between Mendelism and Biometry?.- Chapter 3. Blood, Transfusions and Longevity.- Chapter 4. Factum Ergo Est! Performative Epistemology and the Philosophy of Experimental Biology.- Chapter 5. Life on Earth is not a Passenger, but a Driver: Explaining the Transition from a Physicochemical to a Life-Constrained World from an Organizational Perspective.- Chapter 6. Cooperation and the Gradual Emergence of Life and Teleonomy.- Chapter 7. Evolutionary Debunking Arguments and Moral Realism.- Chapter 8. The Darwinian Naturalization of Teleology.- Chapter 9. Drift as a Force of Evolution: A Manipulationist Account.- Chapter 10. Laws, Models, and Theories in Biology: A Unifying Interpretation.- Chapter 11. Systemic Analysis and Functional Explanation:Structure and Limitations.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (237 pages)
• Subjects: Philosophy; Evolutionary biology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- General; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Biology, life sciences; Evolution; Philosophy -- Reference; Philosophy; Biology--Philosophy; Biology--History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030395896
• Related ISBNs: 9783030395889
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