Science, politics, and evolution / Elisabeth A. Lloyd.

Author/creator Lloyd, Elisabeth A.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Descriptionvii, 301 pages ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesCambridge studies in philosophy and biology
Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology. ^A355783
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-295) and index.
LCCN 2007027821
ISBN9780521865708 (hardback)
ISBN0521865700 (hardback)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks QH360.5 .L55 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold