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PRELUDE. Evolutionary Biology and Conceptual Analysis
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Massimo Pigliucci
and Jonathan Kaplan
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- PRELUDE. Evolutionary Biology and Conceptual Analysis 1
- 1. Natural Selection and Fitness 13
- 2. How (Not) to Measure Natural Selection 36
- 3. The Targets and Units of Selectlon 64
- 4. Studying Constraints through G-Matrices 88
- 5. A Quarter Century of Spandrels 112
- 6. Functions and For-ness in Biology 130
- 7. Testing Adaptive Hypotheses 150
- 8. Slippery Landscapes 175
- 9. Species as Family Resemblance Concepts 207
- 10. Testing Biological Hypotheses 227
- CODA. A Philosophical Dialogue 263
- References 273
- Index 293
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- PRELUDE. Evolutionary Biology and Conceptual Analysis 1
- 1. Natural Selection and Fitness 13
- 2. How (Not) to Measure Natural Selection 36
- 3. The Targets and Units of Selectlon 64
- 4. Studying Constraints through G-Matrices 88
- 5. A Quarter Century of Spandrels 112
- 6. Functions and For-ness in Biology 130
- 7. Testing Adaptive Hypotheses 150
- 8. Slippery Landscapes 175
- 9. Species as Family Resemblance Concepts 207
- 10. Testing Biological Hypotheses 227
- CODA. A Philosophical Dialogue 263
- References 273
- Index 293