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Q11/7 版次： |
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Q11 版次： |
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著者:
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Pence, Charles H. |
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The causal structure of natural selection / / , |
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出版地： Cambridge, United Kingdom ; 出版社： Cambridge University Press, 出版日期： 2021. |
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载体形态:
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74 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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内容提要:
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Recent arguments concerning the nature of causation in evolutionary theory, now often known as the debate between the 'causalist' and 'statisticalist' positions, have involved answers to a variety of independent questions - definitions of key evolutionary concepts like natural selection, fitness, and genetic drift; causation in multi-level systems; or the nature of evolutionary explanations, among others. This Element offers a way to disentangle one set of these questions surrounding the causal structure of natural selection. Doing so allows us to clearly reconstruct the approach that some of these major competing interpretations of evolutionary theory have to this causal structure, highlighting particular features of philosophical interest within each. Further, those features concern problems not exclusive to the philosophy of biology. Connections between them and, in two case studies, contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of physics demonstrate the potential value of broader collaboration in the understanding of evolution. |
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主题词:
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Natural selection. |
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主题词:
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Evolution (Biology) |
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Causation. |
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主题词:
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Evolution (Biology) Philosophy. |
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索书号:
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Q11/7 |