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The Causal Structure of Natural Selection Charles H. Pence (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

The Causal Structure of Natural Selection By Charles H. Pence (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

The Causal Structure of Natural Selection by Charles H. Pence (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)


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Arguments concerning the nature of causation in evolutionary theory have involved answers to a variety of independent questions - definitions of key evolutionary concepts like natural selection, fitness, and genetic drift; causation in multi-level systems. This Element disentangles questions surrounding the causal structure of natural selection.

The Causal Structure of Natural Selection Summary

The Causal Structure of Natural Selection by Charles H. Pence (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

Recent arguments concerning the nature of causation in evolutionary theory, now often known as the debate between the 'causalist' and 'statisticalist' positions, have involved answers to a variety of independent questions - definitions of key evolutionary concepts like natural selection, fitness, and genetic drift; causation in multi-level systems; or the nature of evolutionary explanations, among others. This Element offers a way to disentangle one set of these questions surrounding the causal structure of natural selection. Doing so allows us to clearly reconstruct the approach that some of these major competing interpretations of evolutionary theory have to this causal structure, highlighting particular features of philosophical interest within each. Further, those features concern problems not exclusive to the philosophy of biology. Connections between them and, in two case studies, contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of physics demonstrate the potential value of broader collaboration in the understanding of evolution.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The Contemporary Debate over Causation in Natural Selection; 2. Diagramming Evolving Systems; 3. New Perspectives on Causalism; 4. Moving the Debate Forward: Two Proposals; 5. Conclusion; References.

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NLS9781108741699
9781108741699
110874169X
The Causal Structure of Natural Selection by Charles H. Pence (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2021-11-04
75
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