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Evidence and Evolution: The Logic Behind the Science

By Elliott Sober

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
978-0-511-39368-6, 978-0-521-69274-8, 978-0-521-87188-4
LCC
QH360.5 .S625 2008
Open Library ID
OL10436547M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2704921 bytes)
Volume
Volume 5
Pages
412\414
Library
Great Science Textbooks
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

How should the concept of evidence be understood? And how does the concept of evidence apply to the controversy about creationism as well as to work in evolutionary biology about natural selection and common ancestry? In this rich and wide-ranging book, Elliott Sober investigates general questions about probability and evidence and shows how the answers he develops to those questions apply to the specifics of evolutionary biology. Drawing on a set of fascinating examples, he analyzes whether claims about intelligent design are untestable; whether they are discredited by the fact that many adaptations are imperfect; how evidence bears on whether present species trace back to common ancestors; how hypotheses about natural selection can be tested, and many other issues. His book will interest all readers who want to understand philosophical questions about evidence and evolution, as they arise both in Darwin's work and in contemporary biological research.

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