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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology |
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| Carrier Form: | vii, 301 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780521865708 (hardback) 0521865700 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | Q11 |
| CLC: |
Q11-02 Q111-02 |
| Call Number: | Q11-02/L793 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-295) and index. The nature of Darwin's support for the theory of natural selection -- A semantic approach to the structure of population genetics -- Confirmation of evolutionary and ecological models -- Units and levels of selection -- Species selections on variability -- An open letter to Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson, regarding their book, Unto others: the evolution and psychology of unselfish behavior -- Problems with pluralism -- Normality and variation: the human genome project and the ideal human type -- Evolutionary psychology: the burdens of proof -- Objectivity and the double standard for feminist epistemologies -- Science and anti-science: objectivity and its real enemies -- Pre-theoretical assumptions in evolutionary explanations of female sexuality. |