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Agents and goals in evolution

Samir Okasha offers a critical study of agential thinking in biology, where evolved organisms are seen as agents pursuing a goal. He examines the justification for transposing concepts from rational humans to the biological world, and considers whether agential thinking is mere anthropomorphism or p...

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Main Author: Okasha, Samir
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2018, 2018
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Evolution
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Samir Okasha offers a critical study of agential thinking in biology, where evolved organisms are seen as agents pursuing a goal. He examines the justification for transposing concepts from rational humans to the biological world, and considers whether agential thinking is mere anthropomorphism or plays a more intellectual role in the science
Item Description:This edition previously issued in print: 2018
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9780191852909

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