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Agents and goals in evolution / Samir Okasha.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Okasha, Samir, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Agent (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Samir Okasha offers a critical study of agential thinking in biology, where evolved organisms are seen as agents pursuing a goal. He examines the justification for transposing concepts from rational humans to the biological world, and considers whether agential thinking is mere anthropomorphism or plays a more intellectual role in the science.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-254673-2
- 0-19-185290-2
- 0-19-254672-4
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