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The deep structure of biology : is convergence sufficiently ubiquitous to give a directional signal? / edited by Simon Conway Morris.
- Title
- The deep structure of biology : is convergence sufficiently ubiquitous to give a directional signal? / edited by Simon Conway Morris.
- Publication
- West Conshohocken, Penn. : Templeton Foundation Press, c2008.
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- Additional Authors
- Conway Morris, S. (Simon)
- Description
- x, 243 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- In The Deep Structure of Biology, twelve renowned scientists, philosophers, and theologians examine the phenomenon of convergence in biology, providing examples found in plants, animals, and microbes, and expand on the topic by discussing metaphysical implications that emerge if it is determined that the processes of evolution are more predictable than customarily thought.
- The Deep Structure of Biology contains a chapter by editor Simon Conway Morris as well as: Nicola Clayton, Celia Deane-Drummond, Nathan Emery, Robert Foley, Nigel Franks, John Haught, Richard Lenski, George McGhee, Karl Niklas, Michael Ruse, Anthony Trewavas, Hal Whitehead.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction / Simon Conway Morris -- 1. Chance and necessity in evolution / Richard E. Lenski -- 2. Convergent evolution : a periodic table of life? / George McGhee -- 3. Life's evolutionary history : is it determinate or indeterminate? / Karl J. Niklas -- 4. Evolution and convergence : some wider considerations / Simon Conway Morris -- 5. Aspects of plant intelligence : convergence and evolution / Anthony Trewavas -- 6. Convergent evolution, serendipity, and intelligence ofr the simple minded / Nigel R. Franks -- 7. Canny corvids and political primates : a case for convergent evolution in intelligence / Nicola S. Clayton and Nathan J. Emery -- 8. Social and cultural evolution in the ocean : convergences and contrasts with terrestrial systems / Hal Whitehead -- 9. The illusion of purpose in evolution : a human evolutionary perspective / Robert A. Foley -- 10. Purpose in a Darwinian world / Michael Ruse -- 11. Plumbing the depths : a recovery of natural law and natural wisdom in the context of debates about evolutionary purpose / Celia Deane-Drummond -- 12. Purpose in nature : on the possibility of a theology of evolution / John F. Haught -- Contributors -- Index.
- ISBN
- 9781599471389 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1599471388 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2007045198
- OCLC
- 179836582
- SCSB-9929402
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library