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Mapping the future of biology : evolving concepts and theories / editors, Anouk Barberousse, Michel Morange, Thomas Pradeu.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 266.Publication details: [Dordrecht?] : Springer, c2009.Description: xi, 173 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781402096358 (hbk. : acidfree paper)
  • 1402096356 (hbk. : acidfree paper)
  • 9781402096365 (eISBN)
  • 1402096364 (eISBN)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH331 .M295 2009
NLM classification:
  • 2010 D-557
  • QH 331
Contents:
Articulating different modes of explanation : the present boundary in biological research / Michel Morange -- Compromising positions : the minding of matter / Susan Oyama -- Abstractions, idealizations, and evolutionary biology / Peter Godfrey-Smith -- The adequacy of model systems for evo-devo : modeling the formation of organisms/modeling the formation of society / Scott F. Gilbert -- Niche construction in evolution, ecosystems and developmental biology / John Odling-Smee -- Novelty, plasticity and niche construction : the influence of phenotypic variation on evolution / Kim Sterelny -- The evolution of complexity / Mark A. Bedau -- Self-organization, self-assembly, and the origin of life / Evelyn Fox Keller -- Self-organization and complexity in evolutionary theory, or, in this life the bread always falls jammy side down / Michael Ruse.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-169) and index.

Articulating different modes of explanation : the present boundary in biological research / Michel Morange -- Compromising positions : the minding of matter / Susan Oyama -- Abstractions, idealizations, and evolutionary biology / Peter Godfrey-Smith -- The adequacy of model systems for evo-devo : modeling the formation of organisms/modeling the formation of society / Scott F. Gilbert -- Niche construction in evolution, ecosystems and developmental biology / John Odling-Smee -- Novelty, plasticity and niche construction : the influence of phenotypic variation on evolution / Kim Sterelny -- The evolution of complexity / Mark A. Bedau -- Self-organization, self-assembly, and the origin of life / Evelyn Fox Keller -- Self-organization and complexity in evolutionary theory, or, in this life the bread always falls jammy side down / Michael Ruse.

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