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Science, politics, and evolution / Elisabeth A. Lloyd.

By: Lloyd, Elisabeth AnneMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in philosophy and biologyPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008Edition: 1st edDescription: vii, 301 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780521865708 (hbk)Subject(s): Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy | Natural selection -- Philosophy | Human evolution -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 576.8 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
The nature of Darwin's support for the theory of natural selection -- A semantic approach to the structure of population genetics -- Confirmation of evolutionary and ecological models -- Units and levels of selection -- Species selections on variability -- An open letter to Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson, regarding their book, Unto others: the evolution and psychology of unselfish behavior -- Problems with pluralism -- Normality and variation: the human genome project and the ideal human type -- Evolutionary psychology: the burdens of proof -- Objectivity and the double standard for feminist epistemologies -- Science and anti-science: objectivity and its real enemies -- Pre-theoretical assumptions in evolutionary explanations of female sexuality.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-295) and index.

The nature of Darwin's support for the theory of natural selection -- A semantic approach to the structure of population genetics -- Confirmation of evolutionary and ecological models -- Units and levels of selection -- Species selections on variability -- An open letter to Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson, regarding their book, Unto others: the evolution and psychology of unselfish behavior -- Problems with pluralism -- Normality and variation: the human genome project and the ideal human type -- Evolutionary psychology: the burdens of proof -- Objectivity and the double standard for feminist epistemologies -- Science and anti-science: objectivity and its real enemies -- Pre-theoretical assumptions in evolutionary explanations of female sexuality.

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