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1	Core Questions in Philosophy: A Text with Readings more books like this by Prof. Elliott Sober add to wishlist For introductory philosophy courses.Presented in an engaging lecture-style format, this combined textbook-anthology leads students through a series of discussions on the basic issues and ideas in philosophy, with lectures supported by related readings from historically important sources. The discussions emphasize the logic of philosophical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.70! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Philosophy of Biology more books like this by Prof. Elliott Sober add to wishlist The philosophy of biology has recently seen some of the most dramatic activity among the philosophies of the special sciences. In this new textbook, Elliott Sober introduces the reader to the most important of these developments.Sober engages both the higher level of theory and the direct implications for such controversial issues as creationism, ... see all copies from $10.22! new only from $42.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior more books like this by Prof. Elliott Sober, Prof. David Sloan Wilson add to wishlist No matter what we do, however kind or generous our deeds may seen, a hidden motive of selfishness lurks - or so science has claimed for years. This book tells readers differently. The authors demonstrate that unselfish behaviour is in fact an important feature of both biological and human nature. Their book provides a panoramic view of altruism ... see all copies from $11.74! new only from $26.44! \| first editions
4	Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology more books like this by Prof. Elliott Sober (Editor) add to wishlist Essays by philosophers and scientists address conceptual issues in evolutionary biology; a new edition substantially updated, with new sections on women in the evolutionary process, evolutionary psychology, laws in evolutionary theory, and race. These essays by leading scientists and philosophers address conceptual issues that arise in the theory ... see all copies from $10.50! new only from $34.71! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Adaptationism and Optimality more books like this by Steven Orzack (Editor), Elliot Sober (Editor), Professor Michael Ruse (Editor) add to wishlist The debate over the relative importance of natural selection as compared to other forces affecting the evolution of organisms is a long-standing and central controversy in evolutionary biology. The theory of adaptationism argues that natural selection contains sufficient explanatory power in itself to account for all evolution. However, there are ... see all copies from $5.70! new only from $6.96!
6	Evidence and Evolution: The Logic Behind the Science more books like this by Prof. Elliott Sober add to wishlist How should the concept of evidence be understood? And how does the concept of evidence apply to the controversy about creationism as well as to work in evolutionary biology about natural selection and common ancestry? In this rich and wide-ranging book, Elliott Sober investigates general questions about probability and evidence and shows how the ... see all copies from $16.95! new only from $20.71!
7	The Nature of Selection: Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus more books like this by Prof. Elliott Sober add to wishlist The Nature of Selection is a straightforward, self-contained introduction to philosophical and biological problems in evolutionary theory. It presents a powerful analysis of the evolutionary concepts of natural selection, fitness, and adaptation and clarifies controversial issues concerning altruism, group selection, and the idea that organisms ... see all copies from $7.97! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
8	Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology: Second Edition more books like this by Prof. Elliott Sober (Editor) add to wishlist There has been considerable and lively debate in philosophy of biology over the decade since the first edition of this anthology appeared. Changes and additions in the new edition reflect the ways in which the subject has broadened and deepened on several fronts; more than half of the chapters are new. In all, twenty-three selections take up ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.99!
9	From a Biological Point of View: Essays in Evolutionary Philosophy more books like this by Prof. Elliott Sober add to wishlist Elliott Sober is one of the leading philosophers of science and is a former winner of the Lakatos Prize, the major award in the field. This new collection of essays will appeal to a readership that extends well beyond the frontiers of the philosophy of science. Sober shows how ideas in evolutionary biology bear in significant ways on traditional ... see all copies from $17.50! new only from $34.00! \| SVS
10	Reconstructing the Past: Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference more books like this by Prof. Elliott Sober add to wishlist Reconstructing the Past seeks to clarify and help resolve the vexing methodological issues that arise when biologists try to answer such questions as whether human beings are more closely related to chimps than they are to gorillas. see all copies from $28.80! new only from $43.16! \| first editions

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