Sahotra Sarkar,Anya Plutynski's A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology (Blackwell PDF

By Sahotra Sarkar,Anya Plutynski

ISBN-10: 1405125721

ISBN-13: 9781405125727

ISBN-10: 1444337858

ISBN-13: 9781444337853

constructed from essays by way of most sensible students within the box, this quantity deals specified overviews of philosophical concerns raised through biology.

  • Brings jointly a staff of eminent students to discover the philosophical concerns raised by means of biology
  • Addresses conventional and rising issues, spanning molecular biology and genetics, evolution, developmental biology, immunology, ecology, brain and behavior, neuroscience, and experimentation
  • Begins with a radical creation to the field
  • Goes past past remedies that targeted simply on evolution to offer equivalent realization to different components, resembling molecular and developmental biology
  • Represents either an authoritative advisor to philosophy of biology, and an obtainable reference paintings for an individual trying to find out about this rapidly-changing field

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