Biology Religion And Philosophy

Author : Michael Peterson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107031486
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biology, Religion, and Philosophy written by Michael Peterson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and accessible survey of the major issues at the biology-religion interface.

Author : Duncan Pritchard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351592165
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy, Science and Religion for Everyone written by Duncan Pritchard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy, Science and Religion for Everyone brings together these great truth-seeking disciplines, and seeks to understand the ways in which they challenge and inform each other. Key topics and their areas of focus include: • Foundational Issues – why should anyone care about the science-and-religion debate? How do scientific claims relate to the truth? Is evolution compatible with design? • Faith and Rationality – can faith ever be rational? Are theism and atheism totally opposed? Is God hidden or does God simply not exist? • Faith and Science - what provides a better explanation for the origin of the universe—science or religion? Faith and physics: can they be reconciled? Does contemporary neuroscience debunk religious belief? Creationism and evolutionary biology - what constitutes science and what constitutes pseudo-science? • Practical Implications – is fundamentalism just a problem for religious people? What are the ethical implications of the science-and-religion debate? Do logic and religion mix? This book is designed to be used in conjunction with the free ‘Philosophy, Science and Religion’ MOOC (massive open online course) created by the University of Edinburgh, and hosted by the Coursera platform (www.coursera.org). This book is also highly recommended for anyone looking for a concise overview of this fascinating discipline.

Author : Brian Garvey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317493664
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Biology written by Brian Garvey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major new series in the philosophy of science aims to provide a new generation of textbooks for the subject. The series will not only offer fresh treatments of core topics in the theory and methodology of scientific knowledge, but also introductions to newer areas of the discipline. Furthermore, the series will cover topics in current science that raise significant foundational issues both for scientific theory and for philosophy more generally. Biology raises distinct questions of its own not only for philosophy of science, but for metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. This comprehensive new textbook for a rapidly growing field of study provides students new to the subject with an up-to-date presentation of the key philosophical issues. Care is taken throughout to keep the technicalities accessible to the non-biologist but without sacrificing the philosophical subtleties. The first part of the book covers the philosophical challenges posed by evolution and evolutionary biology, beginning with Darwin's central argument in the Origin of the Species. Individual chapters cover natural selection, the selfish gene, alternative units of selection, developmental systems theory, adaptionism and issues in macroevolution. The second part of the book examines philosophical questions arising in connection with biological traits, function, nature and nurture, and biological kinds. The third part of the book examines metaphysical questions, biology's relation with the traditional concerns of philosophy of science, and how evolution has been introduced into epistemological debates. The final part considers the relevance of biology to questions about ethics, religion and human nature.

Author : David L. Hull
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139827626
Total Pages : 651 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology written by David L. Hull and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The philosophy of biology is one of the most exciting new areas in the field of philosophy and one that is attracting much attention from working scientists. This Companion, edited by two of the founders of the field, includes newly commissioned essays by senior scholars and up-and-coming younger scholars who collectively examine the main areas of the subject - the nature of evolutionary theory, classification, teleology and function, ecology, and the problematic relationship between biology and religion, among other topics. Up-to-date and comprehensive in its coverage, this unique volume will be of interest not only to professional philosophers but also to students in the humanities and researchers in the life sciences and related areas of inquiry.

Author : Peter Godfrey-Smith
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691174679
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Biology written by Peter Godfrey-Smith and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential introduction to the philosophy of biology This is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading authority on the subject. Geared to philosophers, biologists, and students of both, the book provides sophisticated and innovative coverage of the central topics and many of the latest developments in the field. Emphasizing connections between biological theories and other areas of philosophy, and carefully explaining both philosophical and biological terms, Peter Godfrey-Smith discusses the relation between philosophy and science; examines the role of laws, mechanistic explanation, and idealized models in biological theories; describes evolution by natural selection; and assesses attempts to extend Darwin's mechanism to explain changes in ideas, culture, and other phenomena. Further topics include functions and teleology, individuality and organisms, species, the tree of life, and human nature. The book closes with detailed, cutting-edge treatments of the evolution of cooperation, of information in biology, and of the role of communication in living systems at all scales. Authoritative and up-to-date, this is an essential guide for anyone interested in the important philosophical issues raised by the biological sciences.

Author : Charles Taliaferro
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405163577
Total Pages : 787 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Philosophy of Religion written by Charles Taliaferro and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 85 new and updated essays, this comprehensive volume provides an authoritative guide to the philosophy of religion. Includes contributions from established philosophers and rising stars 22 new entries have now been added, and all material from the previous edition has been updated and reorganized Broad coverage spans the areas of world religions, theism, atheism, , the problem of evil, science and religion, and ethics

Author : David L. Hull
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Biology written by David L. Hull and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on work of the past decade, this volume brings together articles from the philosophy, history, and sociology of science, and many other branches of the biological sciences. The volume delves into the latest theoretical controversies as well as burning questions of contemporary social importance. The issues considered include the nature of evolutionary theory, biology and ethics, the challenge from religion, and the social implications of biology today (in particular the Human Genome Project).

Author : Charles Taliaferro
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199563349
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turning Images in Philosophy, Science, and Religion written by Charles Taliaferro and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging collection of essays locates the debate between theism and naturalism in the broader context of reflection on imagination and aesthetics. The eleven original essays will be of interest to anyone who is fascinated by the power of imagination and the role of aesthetics in deciding between worldviews or philosophies of nature.

Author : Jacques Monod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140256468
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chance and Necessity written by Jacques Monod and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change and necessity is a statement of Darwinian natural selection as a process driven by chance necessity, devoid of purpose or intent.

Author : J. Trusted
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023059767X
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beliefs and Biology written by J. Trusted and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-04-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to show how the science of biology has been influenced by ethical, religious, social, cultural and philosophical beliefs as to the nature of life and our human place in the natural world. It follows that there are accounts of theories and investigations from those of Aristotle to research in molecular biology today. These have been selected to illustrate the theme and there is no intention to present a comprehensive history of biology. It is suggested that ethical beliefs in particular have a greater influence in biology than in other sciences, such as physics and chemistry, and this is because biology includes the study of ourselves and involves us in consideration of the value and purpose of life. Attitudes to non-human life are also coloured by ethical beliefs and though some philosophers, for example Descartes, thought that only human beings were capable of thought and feeling the general view has always been that animals were sentient. Our treatment of animals and our attitudes toward them have also been conditioned by religious views as to the position of humans in relation to the natural world.