Michaelis Michael

Evolution by Natural Selection

Confidence, Evidence and the Gap

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

At a time when selectionist explanations are being brought forward to explain an ever-widening range of phenomena, this book analyzes the explanatory structure of Darwin's theory of natural selection. It shows there are aspects of the theory that are not totally understood, creating problems in contemporary uses of the theory to explain the world. It takes a much-needed thoughtful look into the working parts of the theory of natural selection to provide better understanding of the theory and its role in contemporary science and life.

Produktdetails

• Species and Systematics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9781498700870
• ISBN-10: 149870087X
• Artikelnr.: 43036844

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.