Evolution The Logic Of Biology
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Evolution The Logic Of Biology
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Author : John S. Torday
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Evolution The Logic Of Biology written by John S. Torday and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Cells categories.
The Evolution Of Reason
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Author : William S. Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001
The Evolution Of Reason written by William S. Cooper and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Philosophy categories.
The formal systems of logic have ordinarily been regarded as independent of biology, but recent developments in evolutionary theory suggest that biology and logic may be intimately interrelated. In this book, William Cooper outlines a theory of rationality in which logical law emerges as an intrinsic aspect of evolutionary biology. This biological perspective on logic, though at present unorthodox, could change traditional ideas about the reasoning process. Cooper examines the connections between logic and evolutionary biology and illustrates how logical rules are derived directly from evolutionary principles, and therefore have no independent status of their own. Laws of decision theory, utility theory, induction, and deduction are reinterpreted as natural consequences of evolutionary processes. Cooper's connection of logical law to evolutionary theory ultimately results in a unified foundation for an evolutionary science of reason. It will be of interest to professionals and students of philosophy of science, logic, evolutionary theory, and cognitive science.
The Logic Of Chance
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Author : Eugene V. Koonin
language : en
Publisher: FT Press
Release Date : 2011-06-23
The Logic Of Chance written by Eugene V. Koonin and has been published by FT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-23 with Science categories.
The Logic of Chance offers a reappraisal and a new synthesis of theories, concepts, and hypotheses on the key aspects of the evolution of life on earth in light of comparative genomics and systems biology. The author presents many specific examples from systems and comparative genomic analysis to begin to build a new, much more detailed, complex, and realistic picture of evolution. The book examines a broad range of topics in evolutionary biology including the inadequacy of natural selection and adaptation as the only or even the main mode of evolution; the key role of horizontal gene transfer in evolution and the consequent overhaul of the Tree of Life concept; the central, underappreciated evolutionary importance of viruses; the origin of eukaryotes as a result of endosymbiosis; the concomitant origin of cells and viruses on the primordial earth; universal dependences between genomic and molecular-phenomic variables; and the evolving landscape of constraints that shape the evolution of genomes and molecular phenomes. "Koonin's account of viral and pre-eukaryotic evolution is undoubtedly up-to-date. His "mega views" of evolution (given what was said above) and his cosmological musings, on the other hand, are interesting reading." Summing Up: Recommended Reprinted with permission from CHOICE, copyright by the American Library Association.
Genetics And The Logic Of Evolution
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Author : Kenneth M. Weiss
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2004-01-23
Genetics And The Logic Of Evolution written by Kenneth M. Weiss and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-23 with Science categories.
In this book the authors draw on what is known, largely from recent research, about the nature of genes and cells, the genetics of development and animal and plant body plans, intra- and interorganismal communication, sensation and perception, to propose that a few basic generalizations, along with the modified application of the classical evolutionary theory, can provide a broader theoretical understanding of genes, evolution, and the diverse and complex nature of living organisms.
Evolution The Logic Of Biology
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Author : John S. Torday
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2017-08-07
Evolution The Logic Of Biology written by John S. Torday and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-07 with Science categories.
By focusing on the cellular mechanisms that underlie ontogeny, phylogeny and regeneration of complex physiologic traits, Evolution, the Logic of Biology demonstrates the use of homeostasis, the fundamental principle of physiology and medicine, as the unifying mechanism for evolution as all of biology. The homeostasis principle can be used to understand how environmental stressors have affected physiologic mechanisms to generate condition-specific novelty through cellular mechanisms. Evolution, the Logic of Biology allows the reader to understand the vertebrate life-cycle as an intergenerational continuum in support of effective, on-going environmental adaptation. By understanding the principles of physiology from their fundamental unicellular origins, culminating in modern-day metazoans, the reader as student, researcher or practitioner will be encouraged to think in terms of the prevention of disease, rather than in the treatment of disease as the eradication of symptoms. By tracing the ontogeny and phylogeny of this and other phenotypic homologies, one can perceive and understand how complex physiologic traits have mechanistically evolved from their simpler ancestral and developmental origins as cellular structures and functions, providing a logic of biology for the first time. Evolution, the Logic of Biology will be an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers studying evolutionary development, medicine and biology, anthropology, comparative and developmental biology, genetics and genomics, and physiology.
Evidence And Evolution
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Author : Elliott Sober
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Evidence And Evolution written by Elliott Sober and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Evidence categories.
Essential Readings In Evolutionary Biology
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Author : Francisco J. Ayala
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2014-03-15
Essential Readings In Evolutionary Biology written by Francisco J. Ayala and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-15 with Science categories.
Traces scholarly thought from the nineteenth-century birth of evolutionary biology to the mapping of the human genome through forty-eight essays, arranged in chronological order, each preceded by a one-page essay that explains the significance of the chosen work.
Evidence And Evolution
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Author : Elliott Sober
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-03-27
Evidence And Evolution written by Elliott Sober and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-27 with Science categories.
How should the concept of evidence be understood? And how does the concept of evidence apply to the controversy about creationism as well as to work in evolutionary biology about natural selection and common ancestry? In this rich and wide-ranging book, Elliott Sober investigates general questions about probability and evidence and shows how the answers he develops to those questions apply to the specifics of evolutionary biology. Drawing on a set of fascinating examples, he analyzes whether claims about intelligent design are untestable; whether they are discredited by the fact that many adaptations are imperfect; how evidence bears on whether present species trace back to common ancestors; how hypotheses about natural selection can be tested, and many other issues. His book will interest all readers who want to understand philosophical questions about evidence and evolution, as they arise both in Darwin's work and in contemporary biological research.
History And Evolution
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Author : Matthew H. Nitecki
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1992-07-01
History And Evolution written by Matthew H. Nitecki and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-07-01 with Philosophy categories.
The studies of evolutionary biology and of human history face the same kinds of problems and deal with the same processes. Both disciplines deal with similar questions in similar ways, but do the methods used produce comparable knowledge, and are the differences and similarities between these disciplines real? This book examines the philosophy of historical and evolutionary studies; the objectivity and meanings of human and evolutionary histories; the evolutionary approaches to and the anlysis of history, historical approaches, and utilization of evolution; the logic of historical and evolutionary thinking and explanations; the identification of similarities, differences, and common problems of evolutionary biology and history; and what constitutes the major historical and evolutionary events.
The Structure And Confirmation Of Evolutionary Theory
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Author : Elisabeth A. Lloyd
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-01-12
The Structure And Confirmation Of Evolutionary Theory written by Elisabeth A. Lloyd and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-12 with Science categories.
Traditionally a scientific theory is viewed as based on universal laws of nature that serve as axioms for logical deduction. In analyzing the logical structure of evolutionary biology, Elisabeth Lloyd argues that the semantic account is more appropriate and powerful. This book will be of interest to biologists and philosophers alike.