Philosophy Of Biology (1993)

Elliott Sober

Published:	1993, April 19
Authors:	Elliott Sober
Publishers:	Westview Press
Pages:	260
Print type:	BOOK

Description:

The philosophy of biology has recently seen some of the most dramatic activity among the philosophies of the "special" sciences. In this new textbook, Elliott Sober introduces the reader to the most important of these developments.Sober engages both the higher level of theory and the direct implications for such controversial issues as creationism, teleology, nature versus nurture, and sociobiology. Above all, the reader will gain from this book a firm grasp of the structure of evolutionary theory, the evidence for it, and the scope of its explanatory significance.