Prospective Evolutionary Theory: Fitness, Selection, And Genetic Drift. Philosophical And Historical Perspective.

Discussions of evolutionary theory are saturated with references to 'chance'. ese references appear in areas as diverse as macroevolution (Conway Morris, óÞÞÉ; Desjardins, óÞÕÕ), mutation (Stamos, óÞÞÕ; Dietrich, óÞÞä; Merlin, óÞÕÞ), foraging theory (Glymour, óÞÞÕ), and environmental variation (Lenormand et al., óÞÞÉ). As philosophers of science, how can we come to terms with this diversity of usage of what is widely recognized to be an extremely dicult and thorny concept, rife with philosophical issues? We should begin by surveying the landscape of contemporary work on chance within the philosophy of biology

• | Author: Charles H. Pence
• | Publisher: Nomadicindian
• | Publication Date: Jan 27, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 248 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1805240625
• | ISBN-13: 9781805240624