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Samir Okasha offers a critical study of agential thinking in biology, where evolved organisms are seen as agents pursuing a goal. He examines the justification for transposing concepts from rational humans to the biological world, and considers whether agential thinking is mere anthropomorphism or p...

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Main Author: Okasha, Samir (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy.
Agent (Philosophy)
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy
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Summary:Samir Okasha offers a critical study of agential thinking in biology, where evolved organisms are seen as agents pursuing a goal. He examines the justification for transposing concepts from rational humans to the biological world, and considers whether agential thinking is mere anthropomorphism or plays a more intellectual role in the science.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192546722
0192546724
9780191852909
0191852902