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Author

Sober, Elliott.

Title The nature of selection : evolutionary theory in philosophical focus / Elliott Sober.

Publication Info.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	501 So12n 1993	---	Available

Description	x, 383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Note	Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1984.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-378) and index.
Contents	Pt. I. Fitness, Selection, Adaptation. Ch. 1. Evolutionary Theory as a Theory of Forces. Ch. 2. The Tautology Problem. Ch. 3. Survival, Reproduction, Causation. Ch. 4. Chance. Ch. 5. Explanation. Ch. 6. Adaptation -- Pt. II. The Group Above and the Gene Below. Ch. 7. Beginnings. Ch. 8. Causality. Ch. 9. Consequences.
Subject	Science -- Philosophy.
	Evolution -- Philosophy.
	Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
	Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00917312
	Evolution -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00917277
	Science -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01108336
ISBN	0226767485 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
	9780226767482 (pbk. ; alk. paper)