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Evolutionary biology : conceptual, ethical, and religious issues / edited by R. Paul Thompson, University of Toronto and Denis Walsh, University of Toronto.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextNew York : Cambridge University Press, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Description: xi, 243 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781107027015 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1107027012 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.8 THO [ Shelf 36 ]
LOC classification:
  • QH331 .E87 2014
Contents:
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.
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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.

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