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xii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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| Note |
"A Bradford Book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Fitness and the fate of unicorns / Karen Neander -- Understanding functions: a pragmatic approach / Valerie Gray Hardcastle -- Evolutionary psychology: ultimate explanations and Panglossian predictions / Todd Grantham, Shaun Nichols -- The conflict of evolutionary psychology / Paul Sheldon Davies -- Presence of mind / Lawrence A. Shapiro -- DeFreuding evolutionary psychology: adaptation and human motivation / David J. Buller -- Innateness is canalization: in defense of a developmental account of innateness / Andre Ariew -- Generativity, entrenchment, evolution, and innateness: philosophy, evolutionary biology, and conceptual foundations of science / William C. Wimsatt -- Feelings as the proximate cause of behavior / Daniel W. McShea -- Situated agency and the descent of desire / Kim Sterelny -- Natural answers to natural questions / Thomas Polger, Owen Flanagan -- Mental functions as constraints on neurophysiology: biology and psychology of vision / Gary Hatfield -- Ontogeny, phylogeny, and scientific development / Stephen M. Downes -- Supple laws in psychology and biology / Mark A. Bedau -- Genes and codes: lessons from the philosophy of mind? / Peter Godfrey-Smith -- Understanding biological causation / Charbel Niño El-Hani, Antonio Marcos Pereira -- The individual in biology and psychology / Robert A. Wilson. |
| Summary |
A great deal of interest and excitement surround the interface between the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of psychology, yet the area is neither well defined nor well represented in mainstream philosophical publications. This book is perhaps the first to open a dialogue between the two disciplines. Its aim is to broaden the traditional subject matter of the philosophy of biology while informing the philosophy of psychology of relevant biological constraints and insights. |
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The book is organized around six themes: functions and teleology, evolutionary psychology, innateness, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and parallels between philosophy of biology and philosophy of mind. Throughout, one finds overlapping areas of study, larger philosophical implications, and even larger conceptual ties. woven through these connections are shared concerns about the status of semantics, scientific law, evolution and adaptation, and cognition in general. |
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Psychobiology -- Philosophy.
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Genetic psychology.
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Teleology.
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Philosophy of mind.
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Biology.
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Psychology.
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Philosophy.
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Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01081447
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Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01060777
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Biology. (OCoLC)fst00832383
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Genetic psychology. (OCoLC)fst00940076
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Philosophy of mind. (OCoLC)fst01060840
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Teleology. (OCoLC)fst01146225
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| Added Author |
Hardcastle, Valerie Gray.
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| ISBN |
0262082764 (hc. ; alk. paper) |
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9780262082761 (hc. ; alk. paper) |
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0262581744 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780262581745 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0585104123 |
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9780585104126 |
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