Agents and Goals in Evolution

by Samir Okasha

Book Overview

Samir Okasha approaches evolutionary biology from a philosophical perspective in Agents and Goals in Evolution, analysing a mode of thinking in biology called agential thinking. He considers how the paradigm case involves treating an evolved organism as if it were an agent pursuing a goal, such as survival or reproduction, and seeing its phenotypic traits as strategies for achieving that goal or furthering its biological interests.

As agential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192894439
• ISBN13: 9780192894434
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"