Philosophy of Biology

Alex Rosenberg is the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Philosophy of Biology at Duke University. He has published 11 books on the philosophy of science including The Philosophy of Biology: A Contemporary Introduction (2007) with Daniel McShea. In 1993, he won the Lakatos Prize in the Philosophy of Science and in 2007 was the National Phi Beta Kappa Rommell lecturer in philosophy. Robert Arp is Research Associate with the National Center for Biomedical Ontology at the University of Buffalo and works with the Ontology Research Group at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences in Buffalo, New York. A PhD in Philosophy from Saint Louis University, he has published in the areas of philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, and biomedical ontology.

• Personal Acknowledgments Source AcknowledgmentsGeneral Introduction: A Short History of Philosophy of Biology: Alex Rosenberg and Robert ArpPart I: Basic Principles and Proofs of DarwinismIntroduction1. Struggle for Existence and Natural Selection: Charles Darwin2. Evolution: Eugenie G. ScottPart II: Evolution and ChanceIntroduction3. Beyond the Reach of Chance: Michael Denton4. Accumulating Small Change: Richard Dawkins5. Chance and Natural Selection: John Beatty6. The Principle of Drift: Biology’s First Law: Robert N. BrandonPart III: The Tautology ProblemIntroduction7. Darwin’s Untimely Burial: Stephen Jay Gould8. Adaptation and Evolutionary Theory: Robert N. BrandonPart IV: AdaptationismIntroduction9. The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme: Stephen Jay Gould and Richard C. Lewontin10. How to Carry Out the Adaptationist Program?: Ernst MayrPart V: Biological Function and TeleologyIntroduction11. The Modern Philosophical Resurrection of Teleology: Mark Perlman12. Neo-Teleology: Robert Cummins13. A Modern History Theory of Functions: Peter Godfrey-SmithPart VI: Evolutionary Developmental BiologyIntroduction14. Endless Forms: The Evolution of Gene Regulation and Morphological Diversity: Sean B. Carroll15. Functional Evo-devo: Casper J. Breuker, Vincent Debat, and Christian Peter KlingenbergPart VII: Reductionism and the Biological SciencesIntroduction16. 1953 and All That: A Tale of Two Sciences: Philip Kitcher17. The Multiple Realizability Argument against Reductionism: Elliott SoberPart VIII: Species and Classification ProblemsIntroduction18. Species, Taxonomy, and Systematics: Marc Ereshefsky19. Spec;iation: A Catalogue and Critique of Species Concepts: Jerry A. Coyne and H. Allen OrrPart IX: The Units of Selection DebateIntroduction20. Artifact, Cause, and Genic Selection: Elliott Sober and Richard C. Lewontin21. The Return of the Gene: Kim Sterelny and Philip Kitcher22. The Levels of Selection Debate: Philosophical Issues: Samir OkashaPart X: Sociobiology and EthicsIntroduction23. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis: Edward O. Wilson24. The Evolution of Cooperation: Robert Axelrod and William D. Hamilton25. Darwinism in Moral Philosophy and Social Theory: Alex RosenbergPart XI: Evolutionary Psychology Introduction26. Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology: John Tooby and Leda Cosmides27. The Environments of Our Hominin Ancestors, Tool-usage, and Scenario Visualization: Robert ArpPart XII: Design and CreationismIntroduction28. Science and Creationism: Donald Prothero29. Irreducible Complexity: Obstacle to Darwinian Evolution: Michael J. Behe30. The Flagellum Unspun: The Collapse of "Irreducible Complexity": Kenneth R. Miller

"Nevertheless, this new anthology is a useful addition to the existing collection of building blocks from which introductory courses in philosophy of biology are constructed." (Acta Biotheor, 1 June 2013)"Philosophy of Biology: An Anthology has selections that make it easy to teach evolutionary theory, clear up common misconceptions, and introduce students to genuinely important philosophical problems." (Science & Education, 2010)