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Science, politics, and evolution / Elisabeth A. Lloyd.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lloyd, Elisabeth A.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Natural selection--Philosophy.
- Natural selection.
- Human evolution--Philosophy.
- Human evolution.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 301 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- The nature of Darwin's support for the theory of natural selection
- A semantic approach to the structure of population genetics
- Confirmation of evolutionary and ecological models
- Units and levels of selection
- Species selections on variability
- An open letter to Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson, regarding their book, Unto others: the evolution and psychology of unselfish behavior
- Problems with pluralism
- Normality and variation: the human genome project and the ideal human type
- Evolutionary psychology: the burdens of proof
- Objectivity and the double standard for feminist epistemologies
- Science and anti-science: objectivity and its real enemies
- Pre-theoretical assumptions in evolutionary explanations of female sexuality.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780521865708
- 0521865700
- OCLC:
- 156874682
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