Evolution by Natural Selection
Confidence, Evidence and the Gap
Published on 18. November 2015
175 pages
978-1-040-21864-8 (ISBN)
Description
A persistent argument among evolutionary biologists and philosophers revolves around the nature of natural selection. Evolution by Natural Selection: Confidence, Evidence and the Gap explores this argument by using a theory of persistence as an intentional foil to examine ways in which similar theories can be misunderstood. It discusses Charles Dar
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
2,25 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-21864-8 (9781040218648)
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Michaelis Michael studied zoology and philosophy at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, before receiving his PhD in philosophy from Princeton University. He works across a number of areas in philosophy, from human rights to formal logic. He has recently published articles and contributed chapters on the role of noncognitive factors in religious conversion, on the metaphysics of the mind, and against the idea of adopting deviant logics to deal with inconsistent theories in science.
Content
Introduction. The Circularity Argument. Resolving the Problem of Circularity. Darwin's Key Argument for Evolution by Natural Selection. Explanation, Causation, and Counterfactuals. Philip Henry Gosse and the Geological Knot. Heritability of Characteristics: The Role of Genetics and Epigenetics. Concluding Remarks.
