{"product_id":"from-a-biological-point-of-view-essays-in-evolutionary-philosophy-paperback-9780521477536","title":"From a Biological Point of View; Essays in Evolutionary Philosophy (Paperback) 9780521477536","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom a Biological Point of View\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in Evolutionary Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor Sober shows how the worlds of philosophical and biological inquiry are interrelated.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElliott Sober (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521477536, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 September 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages, 11 b\/w illus.  1 table\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The arguments in each essay are cogent and presented in a clear style....For those biologists interested in these basic issues (and that should be most of us!) and with an adequate background this book offers rich material.\"   Patrick W. Colgan, The Canadian Field-Naturalist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eElliott Sober is one of the leading philosophers of science and is a former winner of the Lakatos Prize, the major award in the field. This new collection of essays will appeal to a readership that extends well beyond the frontiers of the philosophy of science. Sober shows how ideas in evolutionary biology bear in significant ways on traditional problems in philosophy of mind and language, epistemology, and metaphysics. Amongst the topics addressed are psychological egoism, solipsism, and the interpretation of belief and utterance, empiricism, Ockham's razor, causality, essentialism, and scientific laws. The collection will prove invaluable to a wide range of philosophers, primarily those working in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of mind, and epistemology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Did evolution make us psychological egoists?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Why not solipsism?\u003cbr\u003e 3. The adaptive advantage of learning and a priori prejudice\u003cbr\u003e 4. The primacy of truth-telling and the evolution of lying\u003cbr\u003e 5. Prospects for an evolutionary ethics\u003cbr\u003e 6. Contrastive empiricism\u003cbr\u003e 7. Let's razor Ockham's razor\u003cbr\u003e 8. The principle of the common cause\u003cbr\u003e 9. Explanatory presupposition\u003cbr\u003e 10. Apportioning casual responsibility\u003cbr\u003e 11. Evolution, population thinking, and essentialism\u003cbr\u003e 12. Temporally oriented laws\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005249343768,"sku":"9780521477536","price":34.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521477536i_f08baf35-1851-400d-bcb5-a55d5190c14f.jpg?v=1691382863","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-a-biological-point-of-view-essays-in-evolutionary-philosophy-paperback-9780521477536","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}