Evolutionary causation : biological and philosophical reflections /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Uller, Tobias (Editor), Laland, Kevin N. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2019]
Series:Vienna series in theoretical biology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Evolutionary causation / Tobias Uller and Kevin N. Laland
  • Causality and the role of philosophy of science / Massimo Pigliucci
  • Understanding bias in the introduction of variation as an evolutionary cause / Arlin Stoltzfus
  • The shape of things to come: evo devo perspectives on causes and consequences in evolution / Armin P. Moczek
  • Incorporating the environmentally sensitive phenotype into evolutionary thinking / David I. Dayan, Melissa A. Graham, John A. Baker, and Susan A. Foster
  • Genotype-environment interaction and the unscripted reaction norm / Sonia E. Sultan
  • Understanding niche construction as an evolutionary process / Kevin N. Laland, John Odling-Smee, and Marcus W. Feldman
  • Biological dynamics and evolutionary causation / Renee A. Duckworth
  • The causes of a major transition: how social insects traverse Darwinian space / Heikki Helanteran and Tobias Uller
  • Are developmental plasticity, niche construction and extended inheritance necessary for evolution by natural selection? The role of active phenotypes in the minimal criteria for Darwinian individuality / Richard A. Watson and Christoph Thies
  • The paradox of population thinking: first order causes and higher order effects / Denis M. Walsh
  • Ontology, causality, and methodology of evolutionary research programs / Jun Otsuka
  • A Darwinian dream: on time, levels, and processes in evolution / Arnaud Pocheville
  • Decoupling, commingling, and the evolutionary significance of experiential niche construction / Lynn Chiu
  • Biological information in developmental and evolutionary systems / Karola Stotz.