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1 online resource (xvii, 490 pages) : illustrations |
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Boston studies in the philosophy and history of science, 0068-0346 ; volume 307 |
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Boston studies in the philosophy and history of science ; v. 307.
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| Contents |
1. Conceptual change and evolutionary developmental biology / Alan C. Love -- Part I. Adaptation, Allometry, Heterochrony, and Homoplasy. 2. Adaptive aspects of development : a 30-year perspective on the relevance of biomechanical and allometric analyses / Karl J. Niklas ; 3. Do functional requirements for embryos and larvae have a place in evo-devo? / Richard R. Strathmann ; 4. Is heterochrony still an effective paradigm for contemporary studies of evo-devo? / James Hanken ; 5. Homoplasy, a moving target / David B. Wake -- Part II. Phenotypic Plasticity, Developmental Variation, and Experimental Biology. 6. The concept of phenotypic plasticity and the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in life history traits / Stephen C. Stearns ; 7. A developmental-physiological perspective on the development and evolution of phenotypic plasticity / H. Frederik Nijhout ; 8. Cellular basis of morphogenetic change : looking back after 30 years of progress on developmental signaling pathways / John Gerhart ; 9. The road to facilitated variation / Marc W. Kirschner -- Part III. Models, Larvae, Phyla, and Paleontology. 10. Phyla, phylogeny, and embryonic body plans / Gary Freeman ; 11. Evo-devo and the evolution of marine larvae : from the modern world to the dawn of the metazoa / Rudolf A. Raff ; 12. Dahlem 1981 : before and beyond / Armand J. de Ricqlès ; 13. What salamander biologists have taught us about evo-devo / James R. Griesemer -- Part IV. Constraint and Evolvability. 14. From developmental constraint to evolvability : how concepts figure in explanation and disciplinary identity / Ingo Brigandt ; 15. Reinventing the organism : evolvability and homology in post-Dahlem evolutionary biology / Günter P. Wagner ; 16. Internal factors in evolution : the morphogenetic tree, developmental bias, and some thoughts on the conceptual structure of evo-devo / Wallace Arthur ; 17. Entrenchment as a theoretical tool in evolutionary developmental biology / William C. Wimsatt -- Part V. Hierarchies and Interdisciplinarity. 18. Hierarchies and integration in evolution and development / Marvalee H. Wake ; 19. Development and evolution : the physics connection / Stuart A. Newman ; 20. The interaction of research systems in the evo-devo juncture / Elihu M. Gerson ; 21. Evo-devo as a trading zone / Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther -- Index |
| Summary |
This volume explores questions about conceptual change from both scientific and philosophical viewpoints by analyzing the recent history of evolutionary developmental biology. It features revised papers that originated from the workshop "Conceptual Change in Biological Science: Evolutionary Developmental Biology, 1981-2011" held at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin in July 2010. In these papers, philosophers and biologists compare and contrast key concepts in evolutionary developmental biology and their development since the original, seminal Dahlem conference on evolution and development held in Berlin in 1981. Many of the original scientific participants from the 1981 conference are also contributors to this new volume and, in conjunction with other expert biologists and philosophers specializing on these topics, provide an authoritative, comprehensive view on the subject. Taken together, the papers supply novel perspectives on how and why the conceptual landscape has shifted and stabilized in particular ways, yielding insights into the dynamic epistemic changes that have occurred over the past three decades. This volume will appeal to philosophers of biology studying conceptual change, evolutionary developmental biologists focused on comprehending the genesis of their field and evaluating its future directions, and historians of biology examining this period when the intersection of evolution and development rose again to prominence in biological science |
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evolutie |
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evolution |
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filosofie |
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philosophy |
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mechatronica |
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mechatronics |
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biologie |
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biology |
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geschiedenis |
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history |
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wetenschapsfilosofie |
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philosophy of science |
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Philosophy (General) |
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Filosofie (algemeen) |
| Notes |
Revised papers originally presented at the workshop "Conceptual Change in Biological Science : Evolutionary Developmental Biology, 1981-2011" held at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin in July 2010. (page 4 of cover) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Dahlem Workshop on Evolution and Development (1981) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86838232
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Evolutionary developmental biology.
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Biology -- Philosophy.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
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Cellular biology (cytology)
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Evolution.
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History.
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Philosophy of science.
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Philosophy.
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History -- General.
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Philosophy -- Reference.
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Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Developmental Biology.
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Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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Biology -- Philosophy
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Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy
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Evolutionary developmental biology
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Love, Alan C., editor
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Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, host institution.
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| ISBN |
9789401794121 |
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940179412X |
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