Did Darwin write the Origin backwards? : philosophical essays on Darwin's theory / Elliott Sober.

In his latest book, Elliott Sober argues that Darwin's theory is best described not as evolution by natural selection but as common ancestry plus natural selection."-John Hedley Brooke, Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion and director of the Ian Ramsey Centre, University of Oxford. "In...

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Main Author: Sober, Elliott
Language:English
Published: Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books, [2011], ©2011.
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Physical Description:230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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505 0 |a Did Darwin write the origin backwards? -- Darwin and group selection -- Sex ratio theory-- Darwin, before, and after -- Darwin and naturalism -- Postscript. 
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520 |a "In these essays, Elliott Sober offers analyses of the logical structure of evolutionary theory, natural selection, and the confrontation between naturalism and creationism."-Douglas J. Futuyma, Distinguished Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University. 
520 |a Elliott Sober offers a reassessment of a number of aspects of Darwin's arguments in the Origin of Species. The book integrates historical material with contemporary evolutionary ideas.-Samir Okasha, Professor of philosophy of science, University of Bristol. --Book Jacket. 
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