The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology

Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University

• ContributorsIntroduction - Michael Ruse1. History of the Philosophy of Biology, David Hull2. Natural Selection and the Structure of Evolutionary Theory, Michael Ruse3. Population Thinking, Andre Ariew4. Testing and Optimality Models, Steven Orzack5. Teleology, Denis Walsh6. Evolvability, Roger Sansom7. Species and Taxonomy, Richard Richards8. Chance and Contingency, John Beatty9. Macroevolution, David Sepkoski10. Molecular Biology and Reduction, Ken Waters11. Origins of Life Studies, James Greisemer12. Evo-Devo, Jason Robert13. Philosophical Issues Arising from Genomics, Zac Ernst14. Animal Behavior, Stephen Crowley and Colin Allen15. Neurocience, Adina Roskies and Ian Gold16. Teleological Theories of Mental Content, Karen Neander17. Sociobiology, Evolutionary Psych, and Cultural Evolution, Matteo Mameli18. Evolution of Moral Norms, William Harms and Brian Skyrms19. Genes and Society, Lisa Gannett20. The Concept of Race in Medicine, Robin Andreasen21. Ecology and the Environment, Anya Plutynski22. Agriculture and Agricultural Biotechnology, David Castle23. Biology and Religion, Nancey Murphy and Jeffrey Schloss24. Feminist Philosophy of Biology, Carla Fehr25. Rhetoric in Biology, Ana Barahona and Vladimir Cachón

Every department member responsible for library orders should have this volume on their list. Everyone who works in this field-biologists, sociologists, dare one say philosophers?-should have their own copy. Already, right now, I am digging into a coupleof articles pertinent to my own research.