Over the last twenty years, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould have engaged in a savage battle over evolution that shows no sign of waning. Sterelny moves beyond caricature to expose the real differences between the conceptions of evolution of these two leading scientists. Australian author.
Author(s): Kim Sterelny
Series: Revolutions in Science
Publisher: Icon Books UK
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 161
Cover
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Title Page......Page 2
Table of Contents
......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Part I: Battle Joined
......Page 6
1 A Clash of Perspectives......Page 8
Part II: Dawkins' World......Page 20
2 Genes and Gene Lineages......Page 22
3 Gene Selection in a World of Organisms......Page 30
4 Extended Phenotypes and Outlaws......Page 37
5 Selfishness and Selection......Page 47
6 Selection and Adaptation......Page 59
Part III: The View from
Harvard......Page 68
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Local Process, Global Change?......Page 70
8
Punctuated Equilibrium......Page 79
9
Mass Extinction......Page 86
10
Life in the Cambrian......Page 94
11 The Evolutionary Escalator......Page 115
Part IV The State of Play......Page 126
12 A Candle in the Dark?......Page 128
13 Stumps Summary......Page 136
Suggested Reading......Page 146
Glossary......Page 157
Appendix: Geological Time Scale......Page 161
