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100 1 _aSober, Elliott.
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245 1 0 _aDid Darwin write the Origin backwards? :
_bphilosophical essays on Darwin's theory
_cElliott Sober.
260 _aAmherst,
_bPrometheus Books,
_c2011.
300 _a230 p. :
_bill. ;
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aIn his latest book, Elliott Sober argues that Darwin's theory is best described not as evolution by natural selection but as common ancestry plus natural selection."-John Hedley Brooke, Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion and director of the Ian Ramsey Centre, University of Oxford.
520 _a"In these essays, Elliott Sober offers analyses of the logical structure of evolutionary theory, natural selection, and the confrontation between naturalism and creationism."-Douglas J. Futuyma, Distinguished Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University.
520 _aElliott Sober offers a reassessment of a number of aspects of Darwin's arguments in the Origin of Species. The book integrates historical material with contemporary evolutionary ideas.-Samir Okasha, Professor of philosophy of science, University of Bristol. --Book Jacket.
650 0 _aBiology
650 0 _aEvolution
650 0 _aPhilosophy.
650 0 _aNatural selection
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902 _0IISER Mohali
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