02140nam a22003138a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141040002400170050002200194082001400216245011400230264005200344300005900396336002600455337002600481338003600507500007300543520101500616650002401631700004701655700004201702776003501744856004701779CR9781139208796UkCbUP20171019112329.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||111209s2014||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139208796 (ebook)  z9781107027015 (hardback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aQH331 b.E87 201400a576.822300aEvolutionary Biology :bConceptual, Ethical, and Religious Issues /cEdited by R. Paul Thompson, Denis Walsh. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2014.  a1 online resource (256 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aEvolution - both the fact that it occurred and the theory describing the mechanisms by which it occurred - is an intrinsic and central component in modern biology. Theodosius Dobzhansky captures this well in the much-quoted title of his 1973 paper 'Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution'. The correctness of this assertion is even more obvious today: philosophers of biology and biologists agree that the fact of evolution is undeniable and that the theory of evolution explains that fact. Such a theory has far-reaching implications. In this volume, eleven distinguished scholars address the conceptual, metaphysical and epistemological richness of the theory and its ethical and religious impact, exploring topics including DNA barcoding, three grand challenges of human evolution, functionalism, historicity, design, evolution and development, and religion and secular humanism. The volume will be of great interest to those studying philosophy of biology and evolutionary biology. 0aEvolution (Biology)1 aThompson, R. Paul,eeditor of compilation.1 aWalsh, Denis,eeditor of compilation.08iPrint version: z978110702701540uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139208796