The International Library of Essays on Evolutionary Thought
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Series Editor: Neil Levy, Florey Neuroscience Institutes,
Australia, and Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, UK
The theory of evolution is one of science's great achievements
and it plays a pivotal role in guiding new research. But could the
theory also be capable of illuminating phenomena outside the scope
of biology? The volumes in this series explore this question by
bringing together some of the seminal writings of the past two
decades which explore the relevance of evolution and
evolutionary-inspired thought to arenas of human life beyond the
merely biological.
The volume editors are experts in the philosophy of biology and
they focus the volumes on particular controversies within each
field: to what extent are the processes of selection and
reproduction that explain changes in gene frequencies also at work
in explaining the reproduction of ideas? Is the content of moral
systems explained by evolution? Can evolution shed light on why we
think as we do, perceive as we do, even feel as we do? The series
also includes a volume devoted to an understanding of the theory of
evolutionary biology as it is applied to the field.
These volumes, which are essential for researchers in the areas
of the philosophy of science, the history of ideas, applied
philosophy, ethics and philosophy and theology, demonstrate a
deepened appreciation for the power and ambition of evolutionary
thought and a greater understanding of what it means to be an
evolved being.
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