The missing two-thirds of evolutionary theory / Robert N. Brandon and Daniel W. McShea.

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Book

Author/Creator:

Brandon, Robert N., author.

McShea, Daniel W., author.

Contributor:

Cambridge University Press.

Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of biology 2515-1126

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of biology, 2515-1126

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Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology).

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1 online resource (75 pages).

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Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

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Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

The Missing Two-Thirds of Evolutionary Theory

Contents

1 Introduction

2 The Zero-Force Evolutionary Law

2.1 Zero-Force Laws

2.2 The Principle Underlying the ZFEL

2.3 The ZFEL

2.4 A Simple Model

2.5 Constraints: Constitutive, Imposed, and Effective

2.6 Randomness

2.7 Diversity, Complexity, and Adaptation

2.8 Discrete and Continuous Measures

2.9 Level Relativity

2.10 Other Matters Arising

3 What the ZFEL Is Not

3.1 The ZFEL Makes No Empirical Claim

3.2 The ZFEL Is Not Empirical but Is Based on an Empirical Truth

3.3 The ZFEL Is Not the Second Law

4 The ZFEL Quantified

4.1 ZFEL Quantification

the Discrete Case

4.1.1 An Incorrect Intuition

4.1.2 The Discrete Model

4.2 ZFEL Quantification

the Continuous Case

4.2.1 Probability of Divergence and Expected Divergence

4.2.2 A Demonstration

4.3 Methodological Matters

5 What the ZFEL Means for Biology

5.1 Emergence

5.2 Diversity

5.2.1 Competition Leading to Character Displacement

5.2.2 Hierarchical Selection-for-Difference

5.2.3 Disparity as a Pseudo-problem

5.3 Complexity

5.3.1 Theory

5.3.2 Data

5.3.3 Hierarchy, the ZFEL, and an Evolutionary Syndrome

5.4 Some Educated Guesses

5.5 Coda

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

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9781108591508

1108591507

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