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In it, Blackwell directly challenged conclusions made by Darwin as well as the social scientist Herbert Spencer, who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest.”
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- Adaptation and Adaptationism
- Developmental Biology and Developmental Systems Theory
- The Units of Selection
- Functions and Teleology
- Species
- Progress
- Evolutionary Epistemology, Cultural Evolution and Memetics
- Evolution and Ethics
Online resources
The two leading online encyclopaedias of philosophy have good resources for philosophy of biology, and both are expanding the range of material they have available. They are: 1. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Online Edition 2. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 3. Roberta Millstein(UC Davis) keeps a useful list of online resources
Textbooks
1. Sober, E. (1999) The Philosophy of Biology. Second Edition. Boulder: Westview. 2. Sterelny, K. and P. Griffiths (1999) Sex and Death. Chicago: Chicago University Press. (An invigorating and comprehensive introduction. It also includes a helpful glossary of technical terms from biology.) 3. Lewens, T. (2007) Darwin. London: Routledge. Those who want to check their biology might benefit from either of the following textbooks, written for biology students. 1. Ridley, M. (2003) Evolution(3rd E...
Collections
1. Sober, E. ed (1984) Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. 2. Sober, E. ed (1994) Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology(2nd Edition). Cambridge MA: MIT Press. 3. Sober, E. ed (2006) Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology(3rd Edition). Cambridge MA: MIT Press. (The three editions all contain slightly different material, and all are useful.) 4. Fox-Keller, E. and E. Lloyd eds (1992) Keywords in Evolutionary Biology. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Pres...
Gould and Lewontin (1979) is probably the best place to start. The debate can get confusing and frustrating, as squabbling about whether adaptationism is right or wrong often kicks off before the multiple meanings of 'adaptationism' have been clarified. Sober's (1998) article is an exception, and provides a useful landmark in the post-Spandrelsdeba...
Developmental biology is a topic attracting more and more interest from philosophers who are bored with thinking about species and the units of selection. Many of these items overlap with the related topics of innateness and the question of whether there is any sense in which genes can be said to carry information. 1. Amundson, R. (1994) 'Two Conce...
A difficult topic with a huge literature. The questions raised under the units of selection debate are confusing because even the seasoned combatants often cannot decide what the debate is about. John Maynard Smith thinks that Elliott Sober doesn't understand what the units of selection problem is. If Sober doesn't understand it, then there is litt...
Almost every article the teleologist could need is collected in one of these three collections: 1. Allen, C, M. Bekoff and G. Lauder eds (1998) Nature's Purposes: Analyses of Function and Design in Biology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2. Buller, D. ed (1999) Function, Selection and Design. New York: SUNY Press. 3. Ariew, A, Cummins, R., and Perlman, ...
Another topic with an intimidating literature. Dupré's (1992) piece gives a short, friendly introduction. Readers could then move on to Ereschefsky's collection, which contains many of the most important pieces. Wilson's recent collection contains some important newer contributions. 1. Dupré, J. (1981) 'Natural Kinds and Biological Taxa' Philosophi...
The idea that evolution makes progress has tended to get more attention from historians than philosophers; however, the following are more philosophically oriented. This said, the fight in print between Dawkins (1997) and Gould (1997) is of more interest as an entertaining spectacle than as an illuminating discussion. Sterelny offers some useful cr...
Here follows a mish-mash of different evolutionary approaches to conceptual change, technology change, cultural change and more. Amundson's (1989) paper does a good job of distinguishing the question of whether selection processes are somehow involved in creating a set of phenomena, from what the explanatory import of the selection process may be. ...
The items listed below link evolutionary studies to ethics in a variety of ways. Joyce's recent book is a stimulating read, and may be a good place to start. Sober and Wilson's book is fast becoming a modern classic. 1. Binmore, K. (2005) Natural Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2. Joyce, R. (2006) The Evolution of Morality. Cambridge, MA:...
In the received view of the history of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis, paleontology was given a prominent role in evolutionary biology thanks to the significant influence of paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson on both the institutional and conceptual development of the Synthesis.
Simon John Blackwell (born 27 May 1966) is an English comedy writer and producer. He is best known for his work on The Thick of It, In The Loop and Veep, and for his collaborations with Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain on Peep Show, Four Lions and The Old Guys.
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Feb 22, 2018 · Interrogating the genetic relationship between theory of mind at this age and risk for psychiatric conditions with known difficulties in theory of mind (autism, ADHD, anorexia nervosa, bipolar...
