Agents And Goals In Evolution

Samir Okasha offers a critical study of agential thinking in biology, where evolved organisms are seen as agents pursuing a goal. He examines the justification for transposing concepts from rational humans to the biological world, and considers whether agential thinking is mere anthropomorphism or plays a more intellectual role in the science.

• | By (Author): Samir (Professor Of Philosophy Of Science, Professor Of Philosophy Of Science, University Of Bristol) Okasha
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 12, 2020
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0192894439
• | ISBN-13: 9780192894434