Evolutionary biology : conceptual, ethical, and religious issues / edited by R. Paul Thompson, University of Toronto and Denis Walsh, University of Toronto. - xi, 243 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Human evolution : whence and whither? / Francisco Ayala -- Evolutionary theory, causal completeness, and theism : the case of "guided" mutation / Elliott Sober -- Religion, truth, and progress / Philip Kitcher -- Consilience, historicity, and the species problem / Marc Ereshefsky -- DNA barcoding and taxonomic practice / David Castle -- Darwin's theory and the value of mathematical formalization / R. Paul Thompson -- Population genetics, economic theory, and eugenics in R.A. Fisher / Jean Gayon -- Exploring development and evolution on the tangled bank / Jane Maienschein and Manfred Laubichler -- Darwin's cyclopean architect / John Beatty -- Function and teleology / Denis Walsh -- How physics fakes design / Alex Rosenberg.

9781107027015 (hardback : alk. paper) 1107027012 (hardback : alk. paper)

2013-039683


Biology -- Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology)

QH331 / .E87 2014

576.8 / THO [ Shelf 36 ]