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Autor:
Christopher L. Buckley, Tim Lewens, Michael Levin, Beren Millidge, Alexander Tschantz, Richard A. Watson
Publikováno v:
Entropy, Vol 26, Iss 9, p 765 (2024)
Evolution by natural selection is believed to be the only possible source of spontaneous adaptive organisation in the natural world. This places strict limits on the kinds of systems that can exhibit adaptation spontaneously, i.e., without design. Ph
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https://doaj.org/article/d857d09a195444c897c5648a9ee87432
Autor:
Tim Lewens
Much recent thought on the ethics of new biomedical technologies, and work in ethics and political philosophy more generally, is committed to hidden and contestable views about the nature of biological reality. This selection of essays by Tim Lewens,
Autor:
Tim Lewens
Publikováno v:
The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution ISBN: 9780198869252
Philosophers of science have succeeded in shedding light on basic questions of interest to cultural evolutionists, just as cultural evolutionists have shed light on questions of interest to philosophers. This chapter surveys some of these contributio
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.10
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.10
Autor:
Tim Lewens
In Organisms and Artifacts, Tim Lewens investigates the analogical use of the language of design in evolutionary biology. Uniquely among the natural sciences, biology uses descriptive and explanatory terms more suited to artifacts than organisms. Whe
Autor:
Tim Lewens
Publikováno v:
Analyse & Kritik. 41:259-270
Buchanan and Powell’s book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the evolution of morality. I suggest that they exaggerate the degree to which their view of the evolution of moral progress is committed to a form of moral realism. I als
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https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2019-0016
https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2019-0016
Autor:
Tim Lewens
Publikováno v:
Philosophy of Science for Biologists ISBN: 9781108648981
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https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108648981.009
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108648981.009
Autor:
Tim Lewens
This paper examines the neo-Aristotelian account of species natures as ‘life-forms’, which we owe to Philippa Foot, Michael Thompson and their defenders. I begin by developing two problems for their view: a problem of underdetermination and a pro
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Autor:
Tim Lewens
There is a 'Neo-Paleyan' tradition in British evolutionary theorising, which began with Darwin and continues to the present day. This tradition conceives of adaptation in terms of design, and it often puts natural selection in the role of an ersatz d
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Autor:
Tim Lewens
Publikováno v:
In Search of Good Energy Policy
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https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108639439.004
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108639439.004
Autor:
Tim Lewens
Debate over the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES) ranges over three quite different domains of enquiry. Protagonists are committed to substantive positions regarding (1) empirical questions concerning (for example) the properties and prevalence o
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