Philosophy, biology and life - O'Hear, Anthony (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005)
Transcending the emergence/reduction distinction: the case of biology / Rom Harré -- Other histories, other biologies / Gregory Radick -- The ontogenesis of human identity / Giovanni Boniolo -- Souls, minds, bodies and planets / Mary Midgley -- Evo-devo: a new evolutionary paradigm / Michael Ruse -- Is drift a serious alternative to natural selection as an explanation of complex adaptive traits? / Elliott Sober -- Evolution and aesthetics / Anthony O'Hear. -- The problems of biological design / Tim Lewens -- Are there genes? / John Dupré -- Folk psychology and the biological basis of intersubjectivity / Matthew Ratcliffe -- The loss of rational design / Friedel Weinert -- Under Darwin's cosh? Neo-Aristotelian thinking in environmental ethics / Michael Wheeler -- The cultural origins of cognitive adaptations / David Papineau.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Biology -- Philosophy; Evolution (Biology)