Evolution and the Levels of Selection 1st Edition by Samir Okasha 9781435622661 1435622669
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ISBN 10: 1435622669
ISBN 13: 9781435622661
Author: Samir Okasha
Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? Samir Okasha provides a comprehensive analysis of the debate in evolutionary biology over the levels of selection, focusing on conceptual, philosophical and foundational questions. A systematic framework is developed for thinking about natural selection acting at multiple levels of the biological hierarchy; the framework is then used to help resolve outstanding issues. Considerable attention is paid to the concept of causality as it relates to the levels of selection, in particular the idea that natural selection at one hierarchical level can have effects that ‘filter’ up or down to other levels. Unlike previous work in this area by philosophers of science, full account is taken of the recent biological literature on ‘major evolutionary transitions’ and the recent resurgence of interest in multi-level selection theory among biologists. Other biological topics discussed include Price’s equation, kin and group selection, the gene’s eye view, evolutionary game theory, outlaws and selfish genetic elements, species and clade selection, and the evolution of individuality. Philosophical topics discussed include reductionism and holism, causation and correlation, the nature of hierarchical organization, and realism and pluralism.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1 – Natural Selection in the Abstract
Chapter 2 – Selection at Multiple Levels: Concepts and Methods
Chapter 3 – Causality and Multi-Level Selection
Chapter 4 – Philosophical Issues in the Levels-of-Selection Debate
Chapter 5 – The Gene’s-Eye View and its Discontents
Chapter 6 – The Group Selection Controversy
Chapter 7 – Species Selection, Clade Selection, and Macroevolution
Chapter 8 – Levels of Selection and the Major Evolutionary Transitions
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