02218nam a22003258a 4500 CR9781139208796 UkCbUP 20171019154622.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 111209s2014||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139208796 (ebook) 9781107027015 (hardback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda QH331 .E87 2014 576.8 23 Evolutionary Biology : Conceptual, Ethical, and Religious Issues / [electronic resource] Edited by R. Paul Thompson, Denis Walsh. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. 1 online resource (256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Evolution - 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. Evolution (Biology) Thompson, R. Paul, editor of compilation. Walsh, Denis, editor of compilation. Print version: 9781107027015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139208796 Cambridge Online Library 227780 227780