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Best Seller | History and Philosophy of Biology Philosophy of Biology Before Biology (Hardcover) The use of the term biology to refer to a unified science of life emerged around 1800 (most prominently by scientists such as Lamarck and Treviranus although scholarship has indicated its usage at least 30-40 years earlier). The interplay between... more | $164.19 $144.00 FREE shipping go to store |
| Bringing Biology to Life : An Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology more | $54.50 $36.00 FREE shipping go to store |
| This book is a collection of papers which reflect the recent trends in the philosophy and history of molecular biology. It brings together historians philosophers and molecular biologists who reflect on the discipline s emergence in the 1950 s its... more | $9,260.00 $95.75 FREE shipping go to store |
| Elements in the Philosophy of Biology: Mechanisms in Molecular Biology (Paperback) The new mechanistic philosophy is divided into two largely disconnected projects. One deals with a metaphysical inquiry into how mechanisms relate to issues such as causation capacities and levels of organization while the other deals with epistemic... more | go to store |
| Elements in the Philosophy of Biology: The Biology of Art (Paperback) Biological accounts of art typically start with evolutionary psychological or neurobiological theories. These approaches might be able to explain many of the similarities we see in art behaviors within and across human populations but they don t... more | go to store |
| Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology: The Philosophy of Ecology (Paperback) Ecology is indispensable to understanding the biological world and addressing the environmental problems humanity faces. Its philosophy has never been more important. In this book James Justus introduces readers to the philosophically rich issues... more | go to store |
| This examination of stem cell biology from a philosophy of science perspective clarifies the field s central concept the stem cell as well as its aims methods models explanations and evidential challenges. Relations to systems biology and clinical... more | go to store |
| This book examines the early modern science of generation which included the study of animal conception heredity and fetal development. Analyzing how it influenced the contemporary treatment of traditional philosophical questions it also demonstrates... more | $44.25 $35.60 FREE shipping go to store |
| History Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences: The Philosophy of Biology (Hardcover) This book brings together for the first time philosophers of biology to write about some of the most central concepts and issues in their field from the perspective of biology education. The chapters of the book cover a variety of topics ranging from... more | $191.99 $171.11 FREE shipping go to store |
| This book is the first systematic treatment of the philosophy of science underlying evolutionary economics. It does not advocate an evolutionary approach towards economics but rather assesses the epistemic value of appealing to evolutionary biology in... more | $157.00 $144.00 FREE shipping go to store |
| History and Philosophy of Biology: Global Epistemologies and Philosophies of Science (Paperback) In bringing together a global community of philosophers Global Epistemologies and Philosophies of Science develops novel perspectives on epistemology and philosophy of science by demonstrating how frameworks from academic philosophy (e.g. standpoint... more | go to store |
| This edited volume presents papers on this alternative philosophy of biology that could be called continental philosophy of biology and the variety of positions and solutions that it has spawned. In doing so it contributes to debates in the history and... more | $94.81 $81.61 go to store |
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| Title: Mader Biology Twelfth Edition AP Edition Student Textbook c. 2016 (Reinforced Binding) Condition: Pre-Owned: Like New SKU: G0076739937932 ISBN-13: 9780076739936 ISBN-10: 0076739937 Author: Mader Sylvia Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education Pub Year:... more | go to store |
| Title: Exploring the Way Life Works: The Science of Biology: The Science of Biology Condition: Pre-Owned: Like New SKU: G076371688X002 ISBN-13: 9780763716882 ISBN-10: 076371688X Author: Mahlon Hoagland Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning Pub Year:... more | go to store |
| Very Short Introductions Marine Biology: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback) The oceans are our planet s most distinctive and imposing natural habitat. They cover 71 percent of its surface; support a remarkably diverse and exquisitely adapted array of life forms from microscopic viruses bacteria and plankton to the largest... more | go to store |
| Pre-Owned Marine Biology: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Paperback Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more | FREE shipping go to store |
| Very Short Introductions: Philosophy of Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback) Very Short Introductions: Brilliant Sharp Inspiring Philosophy of physics is concerned with the deepest theories of modern physics--notably quantum theory our theories of space time and symmetry and thermal physics--and their strange even bizarre... more | $11.95 $11.38 go to store |
| {Size: 14.34 x 22.59 cms} Lang: - English Pages 29 Print on Demand. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back [1908]. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated... more | $17.80 $14.84 FREE shipping go to store |
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| Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biol The Biology and Psychology of Moral Agency (Hardcover) This important book brings recent findings and theories in biology and psychology to bear on the fundamental question in ethics of what it means to behave morally. By presenting a complete model of moral agency based on contemporary evolutionary theory... more | FREE shipping go to store |
| Why Philosophy Matters: Why Human Nature Matters: Between Biology and Politics (Hardcover) Does human nature constrain social and political change or do social and political changes transform human nature? Why Human Nature Mattersargues that the answer to both questions is yes . This philosophical account offers new tools for connecting... more | FREE shipping go to store |
| Elements in the Philosophy of Biology: Human Nature (Hardcover) Human nature is frequently evoked to characterize our species and describe how it differs from others. But how should we understand this concept? What is the nature of a species? Some take our nature to be an essence and argue that because humans lack... more | go to store |
| Pre-Owned Chance and Necessity: An Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology. Paperback Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in - USED - GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help. ISBN-10:... more | FREE shipping go to store |
| CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more | FREE shipping go to store |
| Why Philosophy Matters: Why Human Nature Matters: Between Biology and Politics (Paperback) Does human nature constrain social and political change or do social and political changes transform human nature? Why Human Nature Matters argues that the answer to both questions is yes . This philosophical account offers new tools for connecting... more | $35.02 $29.92 FREE shipping go to store |
| Pre-Owned Philosophy of Biology (Paperback 9780691174679) by Peter Godfrey-Smith 9780691174679. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Unspecified. Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy. Includes unspecified. Intended for college/higher education audience. This is a... more | $17.60 $13.34 FREE shipping go to store |
| This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the major key concepts common to economics and evolutionary biology. Written by a group of philosophers of science biologists and economists it proposes analyses of the meaning of twenty-five concepts... more | $95.80 $77.91 go to store |
| Elements in the Philosophy of Biology: Structure and Function (Hardcover) The history of biology is mottled with disputes between two distinct approaches to the organic world: structuralism and functionalism. Their persistence across radical theory change makes them difficult to characterize: the characterization must be... more | $55.87 $47.23 go to store |
| Elements in the Philosophy of Biology: Units of Selection (Paperback) This Element introduces the Disambiguating Project (DP) about the units of selection. By DP the authors mean the thesis that the expression units of selection refers to at least three non-co-extensional functional concepts: interactor... more | go to store |
| Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Ph Philosophy of Biology Book 8 (Hardcover) An essential introduction to the philosophy of biology This is a concise comprehensive and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading authority on the subject. Geared to philosophers biologists and students of both the... more | go to store |
| This volume addresses fundamental issues in the philosophy of science in the context of two most intriguing fields: biology and economics. Written by authorities and experts in the philosophy of biology and economics Mechanism and Causality in Biology... more | $169.00 $138.86 FREE shipping go to store |
| This volume addresses fundamental issues in the philosophy of science in the context of two most intriguing fields: biology and economics. Written by authorities and experts in the philosophy of biology and economics Mechanism and Causality in Biology... more | FREE shipping go to store |
| Simply to say that this is a collection of essays in honor of the late Wolfgang Yourgrau (1908-1979) is to explain at least for-the obviously many- insiders the unusually wide-ranging title of the present volume. In a Foreword to the Proceedings of the... more | FREE shipping go to store |
| Is the history of life a series of accidents or a drama scripted by selfish genes? Is there an essential human nature determined at birth or in a distant evolutionary past? What should we conserve--species ecosystems or something else? Informed answers... more | FREE shipping go to store |
| An inference may be defined as a passage of thought according to some method. In the theory of knowledge it is customary to distinguish deductive and non-deductive inferences. Deductive inferences are truth preserving that is the truth of the premises... more | $79.80 $52.48 FREE shipping go to store |
| Pre-Owned Philosophy of Biology Paperback Ruse Michael CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more | FREE shipping go to store |
| 9780674896666. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Revised ed. Language: English. Pages: 575. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 575 p. A collection of twenty-eight essays five previously unpublished grouped into nine categories: Philosophy... more | $32.00 $9.74 FREE shipping go to store |
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