{"product_id":"the-structure-of-biological-theories-paul-thompson-9780887069338","title":"The Structure of Biological Theories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe central thesis of this book is that the semantic conception is a logical methodologically and heuristically richer and more accurate account of scientific theorizing, and in particular of theorizing in evolutionary biology, than the more widely adhered to syntactic conception. In this book, the author outlines both the conceptions indicating the significant problems with the syntactic conception; explains and criticizes two influential syntactic-conception accounts of the structure of evolutionary theorizing. Thompson also argues that the semantic conception provides a richer and more accurate understanding than the syntactic conception of sociobiological explanation, of the testability of sociobiology, and of the role of culture and cognition in evolutionary explanations of human behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0887069339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780887069338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs","brand":"Paul Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48449044775167,"sku":"9780887069338","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_606a7d1a-1b3e-4cf0-b854-0452ec00139e.jpg?v=1777261711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-structure-of-biological-theories-paul-thompson-9780887069338","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}