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Cargando... What makes biology unique? : considerations on the autonomy of a scientific discipline (edición 2004)por Ernst Mayr
Información de la obraPor qué es única la biología : consideraciones sobre la autonomía de una disciplina científica por Ernst Mayr
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book is actually an assemble of ideas from the author published in journals, books, etc. It describes how biology must be seen as an autonomous science (in light of evolution) like physics and chemistry. It brings some controversial ideas on that matter and also on other subjects such as extraterrestrial life and the evolution of the biological science. This is definitely a must read for biologists and scientists as a whole. ( ) This book is a pretty good defense of the autonomy of biology. However, although the author is a great biologist and a good historian of biological science, he is clearly not a philosopher. So the arguments are not as strong as they could be. I would recommend Elliott Sober's philosophical works instead, or even Mayr's own Growth of Biological Thought which provides better, historical illustrations of the autonomy of biology. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
This book, a collection of essays written by the most eminent evolutionary biologist of the twentieth century, explores biology as an autonomous science, offers insights on the history of evolutionary thought, critiques the contributions of philosophy to the science of biology, and comments on several of the major ongoing issues in evolutionary theory. Notably, Mayr explains that Darwin's theory of evolution is actually five separate theories, each with its own history, trajectory and impact. Natural selection is a separate idea from common descent, and from geographic speciation, and so on. A number of the perennial Darwinian controversies may well have been caused by the confounding of the five separate theories into a single composite. Those interested in evolutionary theory, or the philosophy and history of science will find useful ideas in this book, which should appeal to virtually anyone with a broad curiosity about biology. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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