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Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology, Second Edition by Elliott Sober is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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There has been debate in philosophy of biology over the decade since the first edition of this anthology appeared. Changes and additions in the new edition reflect the ways in which the subject has broadened and deepened on several fronts; more than half of the chapters are new. In all, twenty-three selections take up fitness, function and teleology, adaptationism, units of selection, essentialism and population thinking, species, systematic philosophies, phylogenetic inference, reduction of Men
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Elliott Sober
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Published
- 1984
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780262193368
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, Mathematics
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
Other editions & translations
- Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology, third edition (A Bradford Book) (2006)
- Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology, third edition (A Bradford Book) (1984)
- Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology Volume 1 (2006)
- Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology: An Anthology (Bradford Books) (1986)
- Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology, 3rd Edition (Bradford Books) (2006)
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