The Routledge Handbook of Evolution and Philosophy

By:

Joyce, Richard [Editor ]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy -15Publication details: New York Routledge 2018Description: 441pISBN:

9781138789555

DDC classification:

J851 N39

Contents:

1. The Nature of Selection The Nature of Selection : An Overview ..........3 Multilevel Selection and Units of Selection up and Down the Biological Hierarchy ......19 Adaptation, Multilevel Selection, and Organismality : A Clash of Perspectives .....35 Fitness Maximization ........49 Does Biology Need Theology .........64 Part II : Evolution and Information Evolution and Information : An Overview ......79 The Construction of Learned Information through Selection Processes ...91 Genetic, Epigenetic, and Exogenetic Information ...106 Language: From How-Possible to How Possibly to How - Probably? ..120 Acquiring Knowledge on Species : Specific Biorealities ......136 Part III: Human Nature Human Nature: An Overview ....155 The Reality of Species: Real Phenomena Not Theoretical Objects ...167 Modern Essentialism for Species and Its Animadversions ........182 What is Human Nature .......194 The Right to Ognore : An Epistemic Defense of the Nature /Culture Divide .......210 Part IV: Evolution and Mind Evolution and Mind : An Overview ....227 Routes to the Convergent Evolution of Cognition.....237 Is Consciouness an Adaptation ....252 Plasticity and Modularity ......268 The Prospects for Teleosemantics : Can Biological Functions Fix Mental Content ?...282 Part V: Evolution and Ethics Evolution and Ethics : An Overview ......295 The Evolution of Moral Intuition and Their Feeling of Rightness ........309 Are we Losing It: Darwin`s Moral Sense and the Importance of Early Experience .......322 The Evolution of Morality and the Prospects for Moral Realism ........333 Moral Cheesecake, Evolved Psychology, and the Debunking Impulse .....342 Part Vi Evolution, Aesthetics and Art Evolution, Aesthetics, and Art: An Overview......359 Music and Human Evolution : Philosophical Aspects ......372 Emotional Responses to Fiction : An Evolutionary Perspective ....387 Evolution and Literature : Theory and Example .........399 Play and Evolution ...........414

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1. The Nature of Selection
The Nature of Selection : An Overview ..........3
Multilevel Selection and Units of Selection up and Down the Biological Hierarchy ......19
Adaptation, Multilevel Selection, and Organismality : A Clash of Perspectives .....35
Fitness Maximization ........49
Does Biology Need Theology .........64
Part II : Evolution and Information
Evolution and Information : An Overview ......79
The Construction of Learned Information through Selection Processes ...91
Genetic, Epigenetic, and Exogenetic Information ...106
Language: From How-Possible to How Possibly to How - Probably? ..120
Acquiring Knowledge on Species : Specific Biorealities ......136
Part III: Human Nature
Human Nature: An Overview ....155
The Reality of Species: Real Phenomena Not Theoretical Objects ...167
Modern Essentialism for Species and Its Animadversions ........182
What is Human Nature .......194
The Right to Ognore : An Epistemic Defense of the Nature /Culture Divide .......210
Part IV: Evolution and Mind
Evolution and Mind : An Overview ....227
Routes to the Convergent Evolution of Cognition.....237
Is Consciouness an Adaptation ....252
Plasticity and Modularity ......268
The Prospects for Teleosemantics : Can Biological Functions Fix Mental Content ?...282
Part V: Evolution and Ethics
Evolution and Ethics : An Overview ......295
The Evolution of Moral Intuition and Their Feeling of Rightness ........309
Are we Losing It: Darwin`s Moral Sense and the Importance of Early Experience .......322
The Evolution of Morality and the Prospects for Moral Realism ........333
Moral Cheesecake, Evolved Psychology, and the Debunking Impulse .....342
Part Vi Evolution, Aesthetics and Art
Evolution, Aesthetics, and Art: An Overview......359
Music and Human Evolution : Philosophical Aspects ......372
Emotional Responses to Fiction : An Evolutionary Perspective ....387
Evolution and Literature : Theory and Example .........399
Play and Evolution ...........414

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