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- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction. Biology’s Untenable Dualism 1
- 1. What Was Reductionism? 25
- 2. Reductionism and Developmental Molecular Biology 56
- 3. Are There Really Informational Genes and Developmental Programs? 94
- 4. Dobzhansky’s Dictum and the Nature of Biological Explanation 134
- 5. Central Tendencies and Individual Organisms 157
- 6. Making Natural Selection Safe for Reductionists 177
- 7. Genomics, Human History, and Cooperation 201
- 8. How Darwinian Reductionism Refutes Genetic Determinism 222
- References 239
- Index 249
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction. Biology’s Untenable Dualism 1
- 1. What Was Reductionism? 25
- 2. Reductionism and Developmental Molecular Biology 56
- 3. Are There Really Informational Genes and Developmental Programs? 94
- 4. Dobzhansky’s Dictum and the Nature of Biological Explanation 134
- 5. Central Tendencies and Individual Organisms 157
- 6. Making Natural Selection Safe for Reductionists 177
- 7. Genomics, Human History, and Cooperation 201
- 8. How Darwinian Reductionism Refutes Genetic Determinism 222
- References 239
- Index 249