Philosophy of Biology

基本信息

Author: Peter Godfrey-Smith

Format: Paperback | 200 pages

Publisher Princeton University Press

ISBN10 0691174679

ISBN13 9780691174679

Publication date 06 Sep 2016

Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 15.24mm | 255g

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書籍介紹

這是一個簡明的，全面的介紹生物學的哲學上寫的一個領導權威的主題。面向哲學家，生物學家和學生，這本書提供了複雜的和創新的覆蓋中心主題和許多在該領域前沿的發展。強調了生物學理論和其他哲學領域的聯繫，並仔細解釋哲學和生物學術語，彼得戈德弗雷-史密斯討論了哲學和科學之間的關係;檢查的作用的法律，機械論的解釋，和理想化的模型在生物學理論;描述自然選擇的進化;並評估了擴展達爾文機制以解釋思想、文化和其他現象變化的嘗試。進一步的主題包括功能和目的論、個性和有機體、物種、生命之樹和人性。

這本書以合作的進化，生物信息的進化，以及在所有尺度的生命系統中溝通的作用的詳細，尖端的處理結束。

This is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading authority on the subject. Geared to philosophers, biologists, and students of both, the book provides sophisticated and innovative coverage of the central topics and many of the latest developments in the field. Emphasizing connections between biological theories and other areas of philosophy, and carefully explaining both philosophical and biological terms, Peter Godfrey-Smith discusses the relation between philosophy and science; examines the role of laws, mechanistic explanation, and idealized models in biological theories; describes evolution by natural selection; and assesses attempts to extend Darwin's mechanism to explain changes in ideas, culture, and other phenomena. Further topics include functions and teleology, individuality and organisms, species, the tree of life, and human nature. The book closes with detailed, cutting-edge treatments of the evolution of cooperation, of information in biology, and of the role of communication in living systems at all scales.

作者簡介

Peter Godfrey-Smith是紐約城市大學研究生中心傑出的哲學教授。他是《理論與現實:科學哲學導論》和《達爾文人口與自然選擇》的作者。

Peter Godfrey-Smith is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is the author of Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science and Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection.