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  • From Biological Practice to Scientific Metaphysics

    Edited by William C. Bausman, Janella K. Baxter, Oliver M. Lean ...
    Series series Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science
    How analyzing scientific practices can alter debates on the relationship between science and realityNumerous scholarly works focus solely on scientific metaphysics or biological practice, but few attempt to bridge the two subjects. This volume, the latest in the Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science series, explores what a scientific metaphysics grounded in biological practices could look ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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  • Why Only Us

    Language and Evolution

    by Robert C. Berwick, Noam Chomsky ...
    Noam Chomsky and Robert Berwick draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and our remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it.“A loosely connected collection of four essays that will fascinate anyone interested in the extraordinary phenomenon of language.”—New York Review of BooksWe are born crying, but those cries signal the first ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • What Darwin Got Wrong

    by Jerry Fodor, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini ...
    A philosopher and a cognitive scientist "challenge Darwinism more effectively than the entire creationist/intelligent design movement has" ( Booklist )."A trenchant, entertaining assault on the very basis of contemporary evolutionary theory."―Kenan Malik, Literary Review (UK)What Darwin Got Wrong is a remarkable book, one that dares to challenge... ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • In Search of Mechanisms

    Discoveries across the Life Sciences

    by Carl F. Craver, Lindley Darden ...
    Neuroscientists investigate the mechanisms of spatial memory. Molecular biologists study the mechanisms of protein synthesis and the myriad mechanisms of gene regulation. Ecologists study nutrient cycling mechanisms and their devastating imbalances in estuaries such as the Chesapeake Bay. In fact, much of biology and its history involves biologists constructing, evaluating, and revising their ... Read more

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  • Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection

    by Peter Godfrey-Smith ...
    In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he called "natural selection," a combination of variation, inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued that this mechanism was the key to explaining the most puzzling features of the natural world, and science and philosophy were changed forever as a result. The exact nature of the Darwinian process has been controversial ever since ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

  • Philosophy of Biology

    by Peter Godfrey-Smith ...
    Series series Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy
    An essential introduction to the philosophy of biologyThis is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading authority on the subject. Geared to philosophers, biologists, and students of both, the book provides sophisticated and innovative coverage of the central topics and many of the latest developments in the field. Emphasizing ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Ontogeny of Information

    Developmental Systems and Evolution

    by Susan Oyama ...
    Series series Science and Cultural Theory
    The Ontogeny of Information is a critical intervention into the ongoing and perpetually troubling nature-nurture debates surrounding human development. Originally published in 1985, this was a foundational text in what is now the substantial field of developmental systems theory. In this revised edition Susan Oyama argues compellingly that nature and nurture are not alternative influences on human ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • The Cognitive Science of Science

    Explanation, Discovery, and Conceptual Change

    by Paul Thagard ...
    A cognitive science perspective on scientific development, drawing on philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and computational modeling.Many disciplines, including philosophy, history, and sociology, have attempted to make sense of how science works. In this book, Paul Thagard examines scientific development from the interdisciplinary perspective of cognitive science. Cognitive science combines ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • The Third Lens

    Metaphor and the Creation of Modern Cell Biology

    by Andrew S. Reynolds ...
    Does science aim at providing an account of the world that is literally true or objectively true? Understanding the difference requires paying close attention to metaphor and its role in science. In The Third Lens, Andrew S. Reynolds argues that metaphors, like microscopes and other instruments, are a vital tool in the construction of scientific knowledge and explanations of how the world works. ... Read more

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  • Evolutionary Linguistics

    by April McMahon, Robert McMahon ...
    Series series Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
    How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve? When, why and where did our ancestors become linguistic animals, and what has happened since? This book provides a clear, comprehensive but lively introduction to these interdisciplinary debates. Written in an approachable style, it cuts through the complex, sometimes contradictory and often obscure ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Evolution "On Purpose"

    Teleonomy in Living Systems

    Edited by Peter A. Corning, Stuart A. Kauffman, Denis Noble, James A. Shapiro, Richard I. Vane-Wright ...
    Series series Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
    A unique exploration of teleonomy—also known as “evolved purposiveness”—as a major influence in evolution by a broad range of specialists in biology and the philosophy of science.The evolved purposiveness of living systems, termed “teleonomy” by chronobiologist Colin Pittendrigh, has been both a major outcome and causal factor in the history of life on Earth. Many theorists have appreciated this ... Read more

    $78.39 CAD

  • The New Mechanical Philosophy

    by Stuart Glennan ...
    The New Mechanical Philosophy argues for a new image of nature and of science--one that understands both natural and social phenomena to be the product of mechanisms, and that casts the work of science as an effort to discover and understand those mechanisms. Drawing on an expanding literature on mechanisms in physical, life, and social sciences, Stuart Glennan offers an account of the nature of ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD