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9780226727295

Darwinian Reductionism

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226727295

  • ISBN10:

    0226727297

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-09-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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Summary

After the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953, scientists working in molecular biology embraced reductionismthe theory that all complex systems can be understood in terms of their components. Reductionism, however, has been widely resisted by both nonmolecular biologists and scientists working outside the field of biology. Many of these antireductionists, nevertheless, embrace the notion of physicalismthe idea that all biological processes are physical in nature. How, Alexander Rosenberg asks, can these self-proclaimed physicalists also be antireductionists? With clarity and wit, Darwinian Reductionism navigates this difficult and seemingly intractable dualism with convincing analysis and timely evidence. In the spirit of the few distinguished biologists who accept reductionismE. O. Wilson, Francis Crick, Jacques Monod, James Watson, and Richard DawkinsRosenberg provides a philosophically sophisticated defense of reductionism and applies it to molecular developmental biology and the theory of natural selection, ultimately proving that the physicalist must also be a reductionist.

Author Biography

Alex Rosenberg is the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy and Biology at Duke University.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Introduction: Biology's Untenable Dualismp. 1
What Was Reductionism?p. 25
Reductionism and Developmental Molecular Biologyp. 56
Are There Really Informational Genes and Developmental Programs?p. 94
Dobzhansky's Dictum and the Nature of Biological Explanationp. 134
Central Tendencies and Individual Organismsp. 157
Making Natural Selection Safe for Reductionistsp. 177
Genomics, Human History, and Cooperationp. 201
How Darwinian Reductionism Refutes Genetic Determinismp. 222
Referencesp. 239
Indexp. 249
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