Essays on Biological Evolution and the Philosophy of Science
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Topics in the philosophy of biology
MARJORIE GRENE and EVERETT MENDELSOHN (editors), Topics in the philosophy of biology Boston and Dordrecht, D. Reidel, 1976, 8vo, pp. xiii, 454, $39.50 ($19.50 paperback). The editors contend, with justification, that the physical sciences have, until now, predominated in the philosophy of science. However, an increasing amount of work is being carried out in the philosophy of biology so that th...
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تاریخ انتشار 2002