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9780521645379

The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521645379

  • ISBN10:

    0521645379

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-11-06
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book presents a collection of linked essays written by one of the leading philosophers of biology, Kim Sterelny, on the topic of biological evolution. The first half of the book explores most of the main theoretical controversies about evolution and selection, while the second half applies some of these ideas in considering cognitive evolution. These essays, some never before published, form a coherent whole that defends not just an overall conception of evolution, but also a distinctive take on cognitive evolution.

Table of Contents

Sources xi
Preface xiii
PART I: OVERVIEW
Evolution and Agency: A User's Guide
3(26)
PART II: REPLICATION AND INTERACTION
The Return of the Gene with
29(24)
Philip Kitcher
The Extended Replicator with
53(28)
Kelly Smith
Mike Dickison
The Return of the Group
81(28)
PART III: EVOLUTION AND MACRO-EVOLUTION
Punctuated Equilibrium and Macro-evolution
109(20)
Explanatory Pluralism in Evolutionary Biology
129(23)
Darwin's Tangled Bank
152(29)
PART IV: THE DESCENT OF MIND
Where Does Thinking Come From? A Commentary on Peter Godfrey-Smith's Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature
181(17)
Basic Minds
198(23)
Intentional Agency and the Metarepresentation Hypothesis
221(20)
Situated Agency and the Descent of Desire
241(19)
The Evolution of Agency
260(29)
References 289(16)
Index 305

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