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gptkb:academic
gptkb:philosophy |
| gptkbp:addressesQuestion |
How are organisms classified?
How do genes influence traits? Is biology reducible to physics and chemistry? What is a species? What is life? What is the nature of biological function? What is the role of adaptation? What is the role of teleology in biology? What is the status of evolutionary theory? What is the relationship between genes and environment? |
| gptkbp:book |
gptkb:Philosophy_of_Biology_(Elliott_Sober)
gptkb:Philosophy_of_Biology_(Peter_Godfrey-Smith) gptkb:The_Philosophy_of_Biology_(David_L._Hull,_Michael_Ruse) gptkb:What_is_Life?_(Erwin_Schrödinger) The Structure of Evolutionary Theory (Stephen Jay Gould) Sex and Death: An Introduction to Philosophy of Biology (Kim Sterelny, Paul E. Griffiths) |
| gptkbp:conference |
gptkb:International_Society_for_the_History,_Philosophy,_and_Social_Studies_of_Biology_(ISHPSSB)
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| gptkbp:debatedBy |
teleology in biology
units of selection nature of function nature of species reductionism vs. holism role of genes |
| gptkbp:emergedIn |
20th century
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| gptkbp:hasJournal |
gptkb:History_and_Philosophy_of_the_Life_Sciences
gptkb:Biology_and_Philosophy gptkb:Philosophy_&_Theory_in_Biology gptkb:Studies_in_History_and_Philosophy_of_Biological_and_Biomedical_Sciences |
| gptkbp:hasMethod |
historical analysis
case studies conceptual analysis |
| gptkbp:hasSubfield |
philosophy of evolution
philosophy of development philosophy of ecology philosophy of genetics philosophy of systematics philosophy of mind (biological aspects) |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Philosophy of Biology
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| gptkbp:notableContributor |
gptkb:Ernst_Mayr
gptkb:Michael_Ruse gptkb:Peter_Godfrey-Smith gptkb:David_Hull gptkb:Richard_Lewontin gptkb:Kim_Sterelny gptkb:Elliott_Sober |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
biology
philosophy of science |
| gptkbp:studies |
gptkb:adaptation
gptkb:software gptkb:species gptkb:natural_selection evolution genetics life reductionism teleology biological classification organisms biological concepts |
| gptkbp:taughtAt |
universities
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Peter_Godfrey-Smith
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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