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28The critique of intellect: Henri Bergson's prologue to an organic epistemology (review)Continental Philosophy Review 35 (3): 281-302. 2002.Bergson never dared to entitle his own work in such a fashion. However, his philosophical contribution on the workings of intelligence deserves such a high title. This article seeks to elucidate Bergson's contribution to philosophy in terms of his anticipation of several developments in human understanding. The work begins by investigating the relation between thought and the world (reality) by reviewing a series of constructivist concepts. In many ways, constructivism is related to both structu…Read more
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8Studies in the Philosophy of Biology. Reduction and Related ProblemsFranciso José Ayala Theodosius Dobzhansky (review)Isis 67 (3): 479-481. 1976.
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15Studies in the Philosophy of Biology. Reduction and Related Problems by Franciso José Ayala; Theodosius Dobzhansky (review)Isis 67 479-481. 1976.
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34Philosophy of biology today: No grounds for complacency (review)Philosophia 8 (4): 785-796. 1979.
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51Natural Selection in "The Origin of Species"Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 1 (4): 311. 1971.
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137Karl Popper's philosophy of biologyPhilosophy of Science 44 (4): 638-661. 1977.In recent years Sir Karl Popper has been turning his attention more and more towards philosophical problems arising from biology, particularly evolutionary biology. Popper suggests that perhaps neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory is better categorized as a metaphysical research program than as a scientific theory. In this paper it is argued that Popper can draw his conclusions only because he is abysmally ignorant of the current status of biological thought and that Popper's criticisms of biology …Read more
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37Kant's Concept of Teleology. By J. D. McFarland. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press, 1970, Pp. ix, 150. £2Dialogue 13 (1): 192-195. 1974.
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70Definitions of species in biologyBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 20 (2): 97-119. 1969.
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177Darwin's debt to philosophy: An examination of the influence of the philosophical ideas of John F.W. Herschel and William Whewell on the development of Charles Darwin's theory of evolutionStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 6 (2): 159-181. 1975.
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129Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution: An AnalysisJournal of the History of Biology 8 (2). 1975.
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29Cultural evolutionTheory and Decision 5 (4): 413-440. 1974.In this paper I consider the problem of man's evolution - in particular the evolutionary problems raised when we consider man as a cultural animal as well as a biological one. I argue that any adequate cultural evolutionary theory must have the notion of ‘adaptation’ as a central concept, where this must be construed in a fairly literal (biological) sense, that is as something which aids its possessors (i.e. men) to survive and reproduce. I argue against theories which treat adaptation in a meta…Read more
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34Biological adaptationPhilosophy of Science 39 (4): 525-528. 1972.In successive issues of this journal Ronald Munson [2] and I [4] have made, quite independently, conflicting claims about the relationship between biological adaptation and biological function. I state, admittedly without proof, that “a functional statement in biology draws attention to the fact that what is under consideration is an adaptation or something which confers an ‘adaptive advantage’ on its possessor”. This was an identity claim. Munson claims, with proof, that “adaptation and functio…Read more
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71Are there laws in biology?Australasian Journal of Philosophy 48 (2). 1970.This Article does not have an abstract
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30A reply to Wright's analysis of functional statementsPhilosophy of Science 40 (2): 277-280. 1973.
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33Anomalies and Scientific Theories. Willard C. Humphreys (review)Philosophy of Science 38 (4): 614-616. 1971.
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18Book Review:The Young Darwin and His Cultural Circle Edward Manier (review)Philosophy of Science 46 (1): 165-. 1979.
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40Book Review:Darwinism and Human Affairs Richard D. Alexander (review)Philosophy of Science 48 (4): 627-. 1981.
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9Book Review:Towards a Theoretical Biology C. H. Waddington (review)Philosophy of Science 39 (1): 105-. 1972.
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377Darwin and His Critics: The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution by the Scientific Community. David HullPhilosophy of Science 42 (3): 338-339. 1975.
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47The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change. R. C. LewontinPhilosophy of Science 43 (2): 302-304. 1976.
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35Abusing Science: The Case against CreationismJournal of the History of Biology 17 (1): 147-148. 1984.
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