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050 0 0 _aQH331
_b.E87 2014
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245 0 0 _aEvolutionary Biology : Conceptual, Ethical, and Religious Issues / [electronic resource]
_cEdited by R. Paul Thompson, Denis Walsh.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource (256 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aEvolution - both the fact that it occurred and the theory describing the mechanisms by which it occurred - is an intrinsic and central component in modern biology. Theodosius Dobzhansky captures this well in the much-quoted title of his 1973 paper 'Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution'. The correctness of this assertion is even more obvious today: philosophers of biology and biologists agree that the fact of evolution is undeniable and that the theory of evolution explains that fact. Such a theory has far-reaching implications. In this volume, eleven distinguished scholars address the conceptual, metaphysical and epistemological richness of the theory and its ethical and religious impact, exploring topics including DNA barcoding, three grand challenges of human evolution, functionalism, historicity, design, evolution and development, and religion and secular humanism. The volume will be of great interest to those studying philosophy of biology and evolutionary biology.
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology)
700 1 _aThompson, R. Paul,
_eeditor of compilation.
700 1 _aWalsh, Denis,
_eeditor of compilation.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107027015
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139208796
_zCambridge Online Library
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