Table
of Contents
Resources
Courses and Syllabi
Evolution
Genetics
Creationism
Resources
- Journals
- Directory of Interdisciplinary Scholars interested in History and Philosophy of Biology
- Philosophy of Biology Blog
- KLI Theory Lab — Area Introduction for Philosophy pf Biology
- Duke Center for Philosophhy of Biology
- Tim
Lewens' Selected Readings in Philosophy of Biology (University of Cambridge)
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Courses and Syllabi
- Biology 5:Philosophy of Biology, Biology Department,
Dartmouth College
Summer 2005
Syllabus, Summer 2005
- Philosophy
of Biology Course Guide, University of Pittsburgh
- Philosophy
of Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Professor Elliott
Sober
Evolution
- Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
- The
Evolution Ring
Links to webpages concerning evolutionary biology, paleontology, and creationism. Sites include: Biology as an Independent Science, Excerpts from Ernst Mayr's Toward a New Philosophy of Biology, and Evolution and Philosophy.
- Introduction
to Topics in Philosophy and Evolution by John Wilkins.
Topics include:- Is the principle of natural selection a tautology? [The 'tautology' of fitness]
- Is evolutionary science real science? [The nature of science]
- Can evolutionary theory make predictions? [Predictions and explanations]
- Are species fixed types? [The 'species problem']
- Should biology be reduced to physics? [Reductionism and biology]
- Is evolution progressive or directional? [The ladder of progress versus the bush of evolution]
- Is there a goal to evolution? [Teleology in biology]
- Does science have to be 'naturalistic'? [Ruling out supernatural explanations]
- Does the theory of evolution impose a 'might is right' morality? [Social Darwinism]
- Is evolution a metaphysical system akin to a religion? [Worldviews and science]
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- Biology 5:Philosophy of Biology, Biology Department,
Dartmouth College