Evolution 2.0: implications of Darwinism in philosophy and the social and natural sciences

This book of essays by leading scientists and philosophers, aims to showcase and explore challenging and open problems at the forefront of modern Darwinism, including philosophical aspects. This interdisciplinary volume is unique in that it considers the key notions of evolutionary theory in approaches to the mind, in the philosophy of biology, in the social sciences and the humanities,as well as recent challenges to and extensions of Neo-Darwinism. The essays demonstrate that Darwinism is an evolving paradigm, with a sphere of influence far greater than Darwin could have imagined when he published The Origin of Species in 1859. Explores applications of evolutionary theory in psychology, social sciences and beyond. Demonstrates the power of “Darwinian thinking” in understanding developmental processes. Presents the evolution theory and its applications ata level which is accessible to non-specialists and newcomers. INDICE: Introduction. I. Darwinism in Approaches to the Mind. The Embodiment of Mind. Depression: An Evolutionary Adaptation Organised around the ThirdVentricle. Does Depression need an Evolutionary Explanation? A Darwinian Account of Self and Free Will. The Problem of Darwinizing Culture (or Memes as the new Phlogiston). II. Impact of Darwinism in the Social Sciences and Philosophy. Evolutionary Epistemology: Its Aspirations and Limits. Angraecum Sesquepedale: Darwin’s Great ‘Gamble’. Darwinian Inferences. Breaking the Bonds of Biology – Natural Selection in Nelson and Winter’s Evolutionary Economics. The Ethical Treatment of Animals: the Moral Significance of Darwin’s Theory. III. Philosophical Aspects of Darwinism in the Life Sciences. Is Human Evolution Over?. Evolutionary Medicine.-The Struggle for Life and the Conditions of Existence: Two Interpretations of Darwinian Evolution. Frequency Dependence Arguments For the Co-Evolution of Genes and Culture. Taking Biology Seriously: Neo-Darwinism and Its Many Challenges. Implications of Recent Advances in the Understanding of Heritability for Neo-Darwinian Orthodoxy.- .

• ISBN: 978-3-642-20495-1
• Editorial: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés