The Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Systems A Study in Biosocial Complexity

Monograph

Series: Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology

By: C Dyke(Author)

172 pages

Publisher: Oxford University Press

The Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Systems

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ISBN: 9780195051766 Hardback Mar 1988 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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This book examines sociobiology and evolution from the scientific and philosophical perspectives. Both sociobiology and evolution are areas of modern biology fraught with controversy and misunderstanding, yet fundamental to a coherent view of human life. For scientists and philosophers of science, at issue are the basic underpinnings of biology: explanation, determination, teleology, reductionism, and hierarchy.

Professor Dyke describes the controversies involved, and argues that progress in sociobiology and evolution is hindered by an outmoded philosophical view of science – one that does not adequately take into account recent advances in our understanding of basic biological processes. The author aims to shift the focus from a philosophical understanding of biology to a dynamic, philosophically aware science.

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Monograph

Series: Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology

By: C Dyke(Author)

172 pages

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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"Dyke's book [...] is radical in both methodology and content [...] those dissatisfied with the dominant scientific paradigm will delight in Dyke's iconoclasm [...] his efforts to explain the emergence of living systems from prelife in chemical terms are admirable. Taken alone, they are worth the price of the book"
– John Collier, Biology and Philosophy

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