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9780521598361: Adaptationism and Optimality (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
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ISBN 10: 0521598362 ISBN 13: 9780521598361
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Sinopsis

The debate over the relative importance of natural selection as compared to other forces affecting the evolution of organisms is a long-standing and central controversy in evolutionary biology. The theory of adaptationism argues that natural selection contains sufficient explanatory power in itself to account for all evolution. However, there are differing views about the efficiency of the adaptation model of explanation. If the adaptationism theory is applied, are energy and resources being used to their optimum? This book presents an up-to-date view of this controversy and reflects the dramatic changes in our understanding of evolution that have occurred in the last twenty years. The volume combines contributions from biologists and philosophers, and offers a systematic treatment of foundational, conceptual, and methodological issues surrounding the theory of adaptationism. The essays examine recent developments in topics such as phylogenetic analysis, the theory of optimality and ess models, and methods of testing models.

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Elliott Sober is Hans Reichenbach Professor of Philosophy and William F. Vilas Research Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison where he has taught since 1974. His research is in philosophy of science, especially in the philosophy of evolutionary biology. Sober's books include The Nature of Selection - Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus (1984), Reconstructing the Past - Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference (1988), Philosophy of Biology (1993), From a Biological Point of View - Essays in Evolutionary Philosophy (1994), and Unto Others - The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior (1998), coauthored with David Sloan Wilson.

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Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
2010
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0521598362
ISBN 13 
9780521598361
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Número de páginas
424
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9780521591669: Adaptationism and Optimality Hardback (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)

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ISBN 10:  052159166X ISBN 13:  9780521591669
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 2001
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