The Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Systems: A Study in Biosocial Complexity - Rilegato

Dyke, C.

 
9780195051766: The Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Systems: A Study in Biosocial Complexity
Rilegato
ISBN 10: 0195051769 ISBN 13: 9780195051766
Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 1988

Sinossi

This book examines sociobiology and evolution from the scientific and philosophical perspectives. Both sociobiology and evolution are areas of modern biology fraught with controversy and misunderstanding, yet fundamental to a coherent view of human life. For scientists and philosophers of science, at issue are the basic underpinnings of biology: explanation, determination, teleology, reductionism, and hierarchy.

Professor Dyke describes the controversies involved, and argues that progress in sociobiology and evolution is hindered by an outmoded philosophical view of science - one that does not adequately take into account recent advances in our understanding of basic biological processes. The author aims to shift the focus from a philosophical understanding of biology to a dynamic, philosophically aware science.

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Contenuti

Introduction; Explanation, possibility, and determinism; The structure of emergence; Complexity and closure; Layers, loops, and levels; Nature and convention; The evolution of second nature; Negotiating social space; The formative dynamics of cities; Toward a social dynamics.

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Editore
OUP Oxford
Data di pubblicazione
1988
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0195051769
ISBN 13 
9780195051766
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
174
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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