Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution

副标题: Taking Development Seriously

ISBN: 9780521824675

作者: Jason Scott Robert

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版年: 2004-3

页数: 176

定价: GBP 67.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Historically, philosophers of biology have tended to sidestep the problem of development by focusing primarily on evolutionary biology and, more recently, on molecular biology and genetics. Quite often too, development has been misunderstood as simply, or even primarily, a matter of gene activation and regulation. Nowadays a growing number of philosophers of science are focusing their analyses on the complexities of development, and in Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution Jason Scott Robert explores the nature of development against current trends in biological theory and practice and looks at the interrelations between development and evolution (evo-devo), an area of resurgent biological interest. Clearly written, this book should be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of biology.