ISBN: 9780791440469 - images of development: environmental causes in ontogeny (suny series in philosophy and biology) (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1999. Natural History. State University of New York. 182p., very good - near fine paperback. 12/25.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print (number line on copyright page 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 182pp. Not library copy, no creasing to spine, name in ink to half title page. (10/4).

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Images of Development questions the dominant biological approach of explaining animal development as entirely genetic by exploring the explanatory value of investigating environmental influences. Van der Weele discusses assumptions, explanatory patterns, and conceptual tools in developmental and evolutionary biology and reviews many concrete examples of environmental influence in animal development. She provides perspectives from biology, philosophy of science, and ethics in an integrative way."Images of Development introduces biology and philosophy for specialists and, at the same time, for readers not acquainted with one or both of these fields. The amazing thing is that, as one continues reading, one notices after a while that the two disciplines merge in such a way that you can't tell them apart anymore. This is philosophy of biology at its best.…