《Evolutionary Restraints》是2010年University Of Chicago Press出版的圖書，作者是Mark E. Borrello。
基本介紹
- 書名：Evolutionary Restraints
- 作者：Mark E. Borrello
- 出版社：University Of Chicago Press
- ISBN：9780226067018
內容簡介,圖書目錄,
內容簡介
Review
“This superb book traces the history of the debate over the levels at which natural selection operates. Evolutionists, knowing that the secrets of the present are to be explained by the past, will welcome this work for the great insights that it throws on contemporary debates.”—Michael Ruse, Florida State University
(Michael Ruse, Florida State University )
“Few issues in biological theory have excited political commentators and the educated public as much as group selection. Whether nature teaches a liberal or a conservative view of human society once seemed to turn on this question. This readable but scholarly history of the debate debunks some myths and reveals how biologists at the center of the controversy were influenced by their fieldwork, by the developing theoretical context, and by the social issues of the day. It will be fascinating reading for biologists, as well as historians of science and a wide audience in the humanities and social sciences.”—Paul E. Griffiths, University of Sydney
(Paul E. Griffiths, University of Sydney )
“Mark Borrello has filled a much-needed gap in the literature on the issue of group selection, by focusing on one of the subject''s earliest and most vociferous advocates, V. C. Wynne-Edwards. A philosopher of science who writes good history, and a historian of science who writes clear and comprehensible philosophy, Borrello takes the reader carefully through the history of group selectionist ideas, starting with Darwin, through Wynne-Edwards’s formulation of the idea, especially in his 1962 book, Animal Dispersion, and reactions to it. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of a highly controversial, and little studied, aspect of the evolutionary synthesis.”—Garland E. Allen, Washington University in St. Louis
(Garland E. Allen, Washington University in St. Louis )
Product Description
Much of the history of the evolutionary debate since Darwin has focused on the level at which natural selection occurs. Most biologists acknowledge multiple levels of selection—from the gene, the trait, and the organism, to the family, the group, and the species. However, it is the debate about group selection that Mark E. Borrello focuses on in Evolutionary Restraints.
Tracing the history of biological attempts to determine whether selection could lead to the evolution of fitter groups, Borrello takes as his focus the British naturalist V. C. Wynne-Edwards, who proposed that animals could regulate their own population levels and thereby avoid overexploitation of their food and other resources. By the mid-twentieth century, Wynne-Edwards became the primary advocate for group selection theory, and precipitated a debate that engaged the most significant evolutionary biologists including Ernst Mayr, John Maynard Smith, G.C. Williams and Richard Dawkins. The resultant interpretations and arguments bled out into broader conversations about population regulation, environmental crises, and the evolution of human and animal social behavior. Evolutionary Restraints illuminates both the process of science and the role of controversy in the process. From its origins in Darwin’s own thinking, this debate, Borrello reminds us, remains relevant and alive to this day.
圖書目錄
Introduction1
Chapter 1 Charles Darwin and Nat...7
Chapter 2 Social Insects Superor...24
Chapter 3 Vero Copner WynneEdwards40
Chapter 4 Theory Development56
Chapter 5 Animal Dispersion75
Chapter 6 Critique of WynneEdwards91
Chapter 7 The New Paradigm of th...130
Chapter 8 The Death of WynneEdwa...152
Notes171
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