Evolutionary Processes and Metaphors
Published on 11. May 1988
Book
Hardback
346 pages
978-0-471-91801-1 (ISBN)
Description
The purpose of the present volume is two-fold: to work towards a new evolutionary synthesis which takes full account of contemporary knowledge in all disciplines; and to examine explicitly the metaphorical basis of evolutionary theories old and new, as this has a powerful impact on our humanistic perspectives which underpin all social and political actions. The authors have brought together representatives of two groups of workers: those who ultimately believe in working within a transformed neo-Darwinism, and others who advocate a more radical reorientation away from the orthodoxy. Despite their fundamentally different affiliations, they are nonetheless able to communicate on questions of evolutionary concepts and mechanisms and their wider relevance to science and society.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-91801-1 (9780471918011)
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Content
Processes and Metaphors in Evolution; Evolution Outward and Forward; The Evolution of Life - An Overview of General Probelms and a Specific Study of the Origin of Genetic Code; Control of Variation in Higher Plants; New Genetic Mechanisms and their Implications for the Formation of New Species; Operationalism, Optimality and Optimism: Suitabilities versus Adaptations of Organisms; On Not Holding Nature Still: Evolution by Process, Not by Consequence; Morphogenesis and Heredity; Panbiogeography: Method and Metaphor in the New Biogeography; The Active Role of Behaviour in Evolution; Metaphors and Methods: Behavioural Ecology, Panbiogeography and the Evolving Synthesis; Behavioural Changes - Finding the Rules; Stasis, Development and Heredity; Sociobiology: A House Built of Sand; Imitating Selection in Cultural Evolution; Evolutionary Metaphors and Myths: Origins and Sociopolitical Implications.