PRELUDE. Evolutionary Biology and Conceptual Analysis

Chapters in this book

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