{"product_id":"evolution-explanation-ethics-and-aesthetics-francisco-j-ayala-9780128036938","title":"Evolution, Explanation, Ethics and Aesthetics: Towards a Philosophy of Biology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvolution, Explanation, Ethics and Aesthetics: Towards a Philosophy of Biology \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on the dominant biological topic of evolution. It deals with the prevailing philosophical themes of how to explain the adaptation of organisms, the interplay of chance and necessity, and the recurrent topics of emergence, reductionism, and progress. In addition, the extensively treated topic of how to explain human nature as a result of natural processes and the encompassed issues of the foundations of morality and the brain-to-mind transformation is discussed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe philosophy of biology is a rapidly expanding field, not more than half a century old at most, and to a large extent is replacing the interest in the philosophy of physics that prevailed in the first two-thirds of the twentieth century. Few texts available have the benefit of being written by an eminent biologist who happens to be also a philosopher, as in this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is a useful resource for seminar courses and college courses on the philosophy of biology. Researchers, academics, and students in evolutionary biology, behavior, genetics, and biodiversity will also be interested in this work, as will those in human biology and issues such as ethics, religion, and the human mind, along with professional philosophers of science and those concerned with such issues as whether evolution is compatible with religion and\/or where morality comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francisco J. Ayala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0128036931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780128036938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Academic Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Francisco J. Ayala","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46135981048063,"sku":"9780128036938","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0db83b9f-ac4d-4df4-bf9b-53fb09384067.jpg?v=1726415331","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/evolution-explanation-ethics-and-aesthetics-francisco-j-ayala-9780128036938","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}