Philosophy, biology and life /

Philosophy, biology and life / edited by Anthony O'Hear. - Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - viii, 327 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement, 56 1358-2461 ; .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Transcending the emergence/reduction distinction: the case of biology / Rom Harr.e -- Other histories, other biologies / Gregory Radick -- The ontogenesis of human identity / Giovanni Boniolo -- Souls, minds, bodies and planets / Mary Midgley -- Evo-devo: a new evolutionary paradigm / Michael Ruse -- Is drift a serious alternative to natural selection as an explanation of complex adaptive traits? / Elliott Sober -- Evolution and aesthetics / Anthony O'Hear. -- The problems of biological design / Tim Lewens -- Are there genes? / John Dupr.e -- Folk psychology and the biological basis of intersubjectivity / Matthew Ratcliffe -- The loss of rational design / Friedel Weinert -- Under Darwin's cosh? Neo-Aristotelian thinking in environmental ethics / Michael Wheeler -- The cultural origins of cognitive adaptations / David Papineau.

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