Evolution 2.0 Implications of Darwinism in Philosophy and the Social and Natural Sciences /
These essays by leading philosophers and scientists focus on recent ideas at the forefront of modern Darwinism, showcasing and exploring the challenges they raise as well as open problems. This interdisciplinary volume is unique in that it addresses the key notions of evolutionary theory in approach...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Series: | The Frontiers Collection,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20496-8 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. I. Darwinism in Approaches to the Mind. The Embodiment of Mind
- Depression: An Evolutionary Adaptation Organised around the Third Ventricle
- Does Depression need an Evolutionary Explanation? A Darwinian Account of Self and Free Will
- The Problem of Darwinizing Culture (or Memes as the new Phlogiston)
- II. Impact of Darwinism in the Social Sciences and Philosophy. Evolutionary Epistemology: Its Aspirations and Limits
- Angraecum Sesquepedale: Darwin’s Great ‘Gamble’
- Darwinian Inferences
- Breaking the Bonds of Biology – Natural Selection in Nelson and Winter’s Evolutionary Economics
- The Ethical Treatment of Animals: the Moral Significance of Darwin’s Theory
- III. Philosophical Aspects of Darwinism in the Life Sciences. Is Human Evolution Over?
- Evolutionary Medicine.-The Struggle for Life and the Conditions of Existence: Two Interpretations of Darwinian Evolution
- Frequency Dependence Arguments For the Co-Evolution of Genes and Culture
- Taking Biology Seriously: Neo-Darwinism and Its Many Challenges
- Implications of Recent Advances in the Understanding of Heritability for Neo-Darwinian Orthodoxy.- .