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This volume is an interdisciplinary collection of 30 previously unpublished papers on topics lying at the intersection of evolutionary theory and analytic philosophy.
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"The Routledge Handbook of Evolution and Philosophy is a superb introduction to the field. Particularly impressive are the breadth of topics and the incredibly encouraging range of authors, young and old, male and female, and from so many countries and cultures. This is a book that will last." |
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DUST JACKET ABSTRACT: CONTENTS Introduction PART I: The Nature of Selection 1. "The nature of selection: An overview" 2. "Multilevel selection and units of selection up and down the biological hierarchy" 3. "Adaptation, multilevel selection, and organismality: A clash of perspectives" 4. "Fitness maximization" 5. "Does biology need teleology?" PART II: Evolution and Information 6. "Evolution and information: An overview" 7. "The construction of learned information through selection processes 8. "Genetic, epigenetic, and exogenetic information" 9. "Language: From how-possibly to how-probably?" 10. "Acquiring knowledge on species-specific biorealities: The applied evolutionary epistemological approach" PART III: Human Nature 11. "Human Nature: An overview" 12. "The reality of species: Real phenomena not theoretical objects" 13. "Modern essentialism for species and its animadversions" 14. "What is human nature (if it is anything at all?)" 15. "The right to ignore: An epistemic defense of the nature/culture divide" PART IV: Evolution and Mind 16. "Evolution and mind: An overview" 17. "Routes to the convergent evolution of cognition" 18. "Is consciousness an adaptation?" 19. "Plasticity and modularity" 20. "The prospects for teleosemantics: Can biological functions fix mental content?" PART V: Evolution and Ethics 21. "Evolution and ethics: An overview" 22. "The evolution of moral intuitions and their feeling of rightness" 23. "Are we losing it? Darwin’s moral sense and the importance of early experience" 24. "The evolution of morality and the prospects for moral realism" 25. "Moral cheesecake, evolved psychology, and the debunking impulse" PART VI: Evolution, Aesthetics, and Art 26. "Evolution, aesthetics, and art: An overview" 27. "Music and human evolution: Philosophical aspects" 28. "Emotional responses to fiction: An evolutionary perspective" 29. "Evolution and literature: Theory and example" |
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