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- catalog abstract ""How much can Darwinian mechanisms account for human values, the character of social institutions and the justification of our claims to knowledge in the sciences? Alexander Rosenberg, explores these questions and their ramifications in this collection of papers." "The book will be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science and the application of evolutionary biology to social science and policy."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11623406.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""How much can Darwinian mechanisms account for human values, the character of social institutions and the justification of our claims to knowledge in the sciences? Alexander Rosenberg, explores these questions and their ramifications in this collection of papers." "The book will be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science and the application of evolutionary biology to social science and policy."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A field guide to recent species of naturalism -- Naturalistic epistemology for eliminative materialists -- Limits to biological knowledge -- Reductionism redux : computing the embryo -- What happens to genetics when holism runs amok? -- The biological justification of ethics : a best-case scenario -- Moral realism and soical science -- Contractarianism and the "trolley" problem -- Does evolutionary theory give comfort or inspiration to economics? -- The political philosophy of biological endowments : some considerations -- Research tactics and economic strategies : the case of the Human Genome Project.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-247) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 257 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521662974".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "146 21".
- catalog subject "B828.2 .R66 2000".
- catalog subject "Naturalism.".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Social Darwinism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A field guide to recent species of naturalism -- Naturalistic epistemology for eliminative materialists -- Limits to biological knowledge -- Reductionism redux : computing the embryo -- What happens to genetics when holism runs amok? -- The biological justification of ethics : a best-case scenario -- Moral realism and soical science -- Contractarianism and the "trolley" problem -- Does evolutionary theory give comfort or inspiration to economics? -- The political philosophy of biological endowments : some considerations -- Research tactics and economic strategies : the case of the Human Genome Project.".
- catalog title "Darwinism in philosophy, social science, and policy / Alexander Rosenberg.".
- catalog type "text".