Evolution and the machinery of chance : philosophy, probability, and scientific practice in biology /: philosophy, probability, and scientific practice in biology. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marshall Abrams.
• Authors: (Professor of philosophy), Abrams, Marshall
• Contents: Background on probability and evolution -- Laying the foundation. Population-environment systems ; Causal probability and empirical practice ; Irrelevance of fitness as a causal property of token organisms ; Roles of environmental variation in selection -- Reconstructing evolution and chance. Populations in biological practice: Pragmatic yet real ; Real causation in pragmatic population-environment systems ; Fitness concepts in measurement and modeling ; Chance in population-environment systems ; The input measure problem for MM-CCS chance -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 576.8/2; Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy; Natural selection; Biological fitness; Population -- Environmental aspects; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology; Biological fitness; Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy; Natural selection; Population -- Environmental aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226826622; 0226826627
• Related ISBNs: 9780226826615; 0226826619; 9780226826639; 0226826635
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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