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Jonathan Birch

The Philosophy of Social Evolution

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From mitochondria to meerkats, the natural world is full of spectacular examples of social behaviour. In the early 1960s Bill Hamilton changed the way we think about how such behaviour evolves. He introduced three key innovations - now known as Hamilton's rule, kin selection, and inclusive fitness - which have been enormously influential, but which remain the subject of fierce controversy.Hamilton's pioneering work kick-started a research program now known as social evolution theory. This is a book about the philosophical foundations and future prospects of that program. Part I, Foundations, is a careful exposition and defence of Hamilton's i… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-104736-7
  • EAN: 9780191047367
  • Produktnummer: 29378207
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 224 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 10'830 KB

Über den Autor


Jonathan Birch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the London School of Economics and Political Science, specializing in the philosophy of evolutionary biology. His research mainly concerns the evolution of social behaviour, with a particular focus on the work of W. D. Hamilton. He has published widely on various topics in the philosophy of the life sciences, in journals such as The American Naturalist,Biological Reviews, Philosophy of Science and The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

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