Samir Okasha (Professor of Phil Professor of Philosophy of Science

Agents and Goals in Evolution

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Produktbeschreibung

Samir Okasha offers a critical study of agential thinking in biology, where evolved organisms are seen as agents pursuing a goal. He examines the justification for transposing concepts from rational humans to the biological world, and considers whether agential thinking is mere anthropomorphism or plays a more intellectual role in the science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 158mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780192894434
• ISBN-10: 0192894439
• Artikelnr.: 60142742

Autorenporträt

Samir Okasha, Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Bristol

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Agency in Evolutionary Biology
1: Agential Thinking and its Rationale
2: Genes and Groups as Agents
Part II: The Goal of Fitness Maximization
3: Wright s Adaptive Landscape, Fisher s Fundamental Theorem
4: Grafen s Formal Darwinism, Adaptive Dynamics
5: Social Evolution, Hamilton s Rule, Inclusive Fitness
Part III: Rationality meets Evolution
6: The Evolution-Rationality Connection
7: Can Adaptiveness and Rationality Part Ways?
8: Risk, Rational Choice and Evolution
Final Thoughts