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Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist

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A collection of twenty-eight essays, five previously unpublished, grouped into nine categories: Philosophy, Natural Selection, Adaptation, Darwin, Diversity, Species, Speciation, Macroevolution, and Historical Perspective. The book, Ernst Mayr notes in the Foreword, is an attempt "to strengthen the bridge between biology and philosophy, and point to the new direction in which a new philosophy of biology will move."

Language: English

Pages: 575

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Release: September 09, 1989

ISBN: 0674896661

ISBN 13: 9780674896666

Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist

4.2/5 ( ratings)

A collection of twenty-eight essays, five previously unpublished, grouped into nine categories: Philosophy, Natural Selection, Adaptation, Darwin, Diversity, Species, Speciation, Macroevolution, and Historical Perspective. The book, Ernst Mayr notes in the Foreword, is an attempt "to strengthen the bridge between biology and philosophy, and point to the new direction in which a new philosophy of biology will move."

Language: English

Pages: 575

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Release: September 09, 1989

ISBN: 0674896661

ISBN 13: 9780674896666

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