Adaptationism and Optimality
Author | : Steven Hecht Orzack |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2001-06-04 |
ISBN-13 | : 0521598362 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780521598361 |
Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Download or read book Adaptationism and Optimality written by Steven Hecht Orzack and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-04 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays are intended to provide useful advice to "biologists in the trenches" but also to assess the larger theoretical and conceptual issues that form the basis of the current controversy." "This volume will serve to substantially advance the debate over adaptationism. It will be of interest to biologists, philosophers and historians of biology, anthropologists, psychologists, and cognitive scientists."--BOOK JACKET.