Paleontology : A Philosophical Introduction

Name: Paleontology
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521133326
Price: 4850 KES
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ISBN: 9780521133326

by Derek Turner

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology

ISBN-10 0521133327

ISBN-13 9780521133326

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 28th, 2011

Print length 240 Pages

Weight 472 grams

Dimensions 24.70 x 17.50 x 1.10 cms

Product Classification: Philosophy of science Biology, life sciences Zoology & animal sciences Zoology and animal sciences

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In the wake of the paleobiological revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, paleontologists continue to investigate far-reaching questions about how evolution works. Derek Turner introduces the reader to exciting recent work in the philosophy of paleontology and the diverse issues such as punctuated equilibrium and species selection.

In the wake of the paleobiological revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, paleontologists continue to investigate far-reaching questions about how evolution works. Many of those questions have a philosophical dimension. How is macroevolution related to evolutionary changes within populations? Is evolutionary history contingent? How much can we know about the causes of evolutionary trends? How do paleontologists read the patterns in the fossil record to learn about the underlying evolutionary processes? Derek Turner explores these and other questions, introducing the reader to exciting recent work in the philosophy of paleontology and to theoretical issues including punctuated equilibria and species selection. He also critically examines some of the major accomplishments and arguments of paleontologists of the last 40 years.

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