The philosophy of biology a companion for educators /
This book brings together for the first time philosophers of biology to write about some of the most central concepts and issues in their field from the perspective of biology education. The chapters of the book cover a variety of topics ranging from traditional ones, such as biological explanation,...
| Other Authors: | Kampourakis, Kostas., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dordrecht ; New York :
Springer,
©2013.
Dordrecht ; New York : [2013] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Series: |
History, philosophy and theory of the life sciences ;
v. 1. |
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Table of Contents:
- Philosophy of Biology and Biology Education: An Introduction /
- Kostas Kampourakis
- What Is Life? /
- Carol E. Cleland, Michael Zerella
- Biological Explanation /
- Angela Potochnik
- What Would Natural Laws in the Life Sciences Be? /
- Marc Lange
- The Nature of Evolutionary Biology: At the Borderlands Between Historical and Experimental Science /
- Massimo Pigliucci
- Evolutionary Theory and the Epistemology of Science /
- Kevin McCain, Brad Weslake
- Conceptual Change and the Rhetoric of Evolutionary Theory: 'Force Talk' as a Case Study and Challenge for Science Pedagogy /
- David Depew
- Debating the Power and Scope of Adaptation /
- Patrick Forber
- Biology and Religion: The Case for Evolution /
- Francisco J. Ayala
- The Implications of Evolutionary Biology for Religious Belief /
- Denis R. Alexander
- Intelligent Design and the Nature of Science: Philosophical and Pedagogical Points /
- Ingo Brigandt
- Molecular Evolution /
- Michael R. Dietrich
- Educational Lessons from Evolutionary Properties of the Sexual Genome /
- John C. Avise
- Non-genetic Inheritance and Evolution /
- Tobias Uller
- Homology /
- Alessandro Minelli, Giuseppe Fusco
- Teaching Evolutionary Developmental Biology: Concepts, Problems, and Controversy /
- Alan C. Love
- Philosophical Issues in Ecology /
- James Justus
- Small Things, Big Consequences: Microbiological Perspectives on Biology /
- Michael J. Duncan, Pierrick Bourrat, Jennifer DeBerardinis
- Essentialism in Biology /
- John S. Wilkins
- Biological Teleology: The Need for History /
- James G. Lennox, Kostas Kampourakis
- Biology's Functional Perspective: Roles, Advantages and Organization /
- Arno G. Wouters
- Understanding Biological Mechanisms: Using Illustrations from Circadian Rhythm Research /
- William Bechtel
- Information in the Biological Sciences /
- Alfredo Marcos, Robert Arp
- Systems Biology and Education /
- Pierre-Alain Braillard
- Putting Mendel in His Place: How Curriculum Reform in Genetics and Counterfactual History of Science Can Work Together /
- Annie Jamieson, Gregory Radick
- Against "Genes For": Could an Inclusive Concept of Genetic Material Effectively Replace Gene Concepts? /
- Richard M. Burian, Kostas Kampourakis
- Current Thinking About Nature and Nurture /
- David S. Moore
- Genomics and Society: Why "Discovery" Matters /
- Lisa Gannett
- Philosophical Issues in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research /
- Andrew W. Siegel
- Ethics in Biomedical Research and Practice /
- Anya Plutynski
- Environmental Ethics /
- Roberta L. Millstein.