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Articles 241 - 251 of 251
Full-Text Articles in Philosophy
Evolution Is Opportunistic, Not Directional - Response, Timothy Shanahan
Evolution Is Opportunistic, Not Directional - Response, Timothy Shanahan
Philosophy Faculty Works
Argues against an article published in 'BioScience' magazine in which Timothy Shanahan says that evolution is progressive and directional and embodies improvement.Discussion of regressive and progressive evolution and the accompanying multiplication or loss of phenotypic characteristics; Illustrations related to the blindness and loss of pigmentation in troglobitic, or deep-sea cave organisms; Response from Shanahan.
Evolutionary Progress?, Timothy Shanahan
Evolutionary Progress?, Timothy Shanahan
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No abstract provided.
Review Of Jay Wood, Becoming Intellectually Virtuous, Jason Baehr
Review Of Jay Wood, Becoming Intellectually Virtuous, Jason Baehr
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No abstract provided.
Species, Timothy Shanahan
Is The 'Medical Management' Of Ectopic Pregnancy By The Administration Of Methotrexate Morally Acceptable?, Christopher Kaczor
Is The 'Medical Management' Of Ectopic Pregnancy By The Administration Of Methotrexate Morally Acceptable?, Christopher Kaczor
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No abstract provided.
Darwinian Naturalism, Theism, And Biological Design, Timothy Shanahan
Darwinian Naturalism, Theism, And Biological Design, Timothy Shanahan
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No abstract provided.
Evolution, Phenotypic Selection, And The Units Of Selection, Timothy Shanahan
Evolution, Phenotypic Selection, And The Units Of Selection, Timothy Shanahan
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No abstract provided.
Group Selection And The Evolution Of Myxomatosis, Timothy Shanahan
Group Selection And The Evolution Of Myxomatosis, Timothy Shanahan
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Before it is possible to asses the importance of "group selection" in nature, it is necessary to rigorously define this term. A definition of group selection is derived from a critical analysis of conceptions common in the biological literature. This definition is then used to clarify the debate over the mechanism responsible for the evolution of myxomatosis in Australia.
Beatty On Chance And Natural Selection, Timothy Shanahan
Beatty On Chance And Natural Selection, Timothy Shanahan
Philosophy Faculty Works
In his (1984) John Beatty correctly identifies the issue of the role of chance in evolution as one of the liveliest disputes in evolutionary biology. He argues, on the basis of a carefully articulated example, that "Even on a proper construal of 'natural selection', it is difficult to distinguish between the 'improbable results of natural selection' and evolution by random drift". His other remarks indicate that he is thinking of conceptual as well as practical indistinguishability. In this discussion I take issue with one of the consequences Beatty draws from his example. I argue that the example at most shows …
God And Nature In The Thought Of Robert Boyle, Timothy Shanahan
God And Nature In The Thought Of Robert Boyle, Timothy Shanahan
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The First Moment Of Scientific Inquiry: C.S. Peirce On The Logic Of Abduction, Timothy Shanahan
The First Moment Of Scientific Inquiry: C.S. Peirce On The Logic Of Abduction, Timothy Shanahan
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No abstract provided.