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Multilevel Selection and the Theory of Evolution (eBook, PDF)

Historical and Conceptual Issues

Redaktion: Jeler, Ciprian

Beschreibung

Investigates a controversial and overlooked area of the philosophy of evolutionary biology Debunks the sources of the ambiguity surrounding notion of multilevel selection in the philosophy of biology

Explores the suspicion that the hierarchical expansion of the notion of selection may alter our general notion of "natural selection" to the point of rendering it questionable or even unrecognizable

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• Größe: 2.44MB

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Autor

Ciprian Jeler is a researcher at the Department of Interdisciplinary Research - Humanities and Social Sciences of the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iäi, Romania. Most of his recent work has been in the field of philosophy of evolutionary biology and results of this work have been published in journals such as Biology & Philosophy, Biological Theory and History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 151
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319786773
• Artikelnr.: 52893239