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The Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Systems: A Study in Biosocial Complexity (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology) by Charles Dyke is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Systems: A Study in Biosocial Complexity (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology) about?
This book examines the controversial topics of sociobiology and evolution from scientific and philosophical perspectives. At issue are the basic underpinnings of biology: explanation, determination, teleology, reductionism, and hierarchy. The author proposes that progress in sociobiology and evolution is hindered by an outmoded philosophical view of science that does not adequately take into account recent advances in our understanding of basic biological processes. The goal of the author is to shift the focus from a philosophical understanding based on observation from outside biology to a dynamic, philosophically aware science.
Who reads The Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Systems: A Study in Biosocial Complexity (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charles Dyke
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780195051766
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sociology, Biology, Science
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