Darwinian Reductionism
Or, How to Stop Worrying and Love Molecular Biology
272 pages, 3 line drawings 6 x 9
©
2006
Cloth $40.00
ISBN: 9780226727295
Published September 2006
Preface Introduction: Biology's Untenable Dualism 1. What Was Reductionism? 2. Reductionism and Developmental Molecular Biology 3. Are There Really Informational Genes and Developmental Programs? 4. Dobzhansky's Dictum and the Nature of Biological Explanation 5. Central Tendencies and Individual Organisms 6. Making Natural Selection Safe for Reductionists 7. Genomics, Human History, and Cooperation 8. How Darwinian Reductionism Refutes Genetic Determinism References Index
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