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Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards?: Philosophical Essays on Darwin's Theory
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Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards?: Philosophical Essays on Darwin's Theory Paperback - 2010

by Elliott Sober

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Elliott Sober is Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of nine other books, including Evidence and Evolution: The Logic Behind the Science and Reconstructing the Past: Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference, which won the prestigious Lakatos Prize in the Philosophy of Science.

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  • Title Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards?: Philosophical Essays on Darwin's Theory
  • Author Elliott Sober
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition U.S. Edition
  • Pages 230
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Prometheus Books
  • Date 2010-12-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9781616142308 / 1616142308
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.05 x 6.06 x 0.49 in (22.99 x 15.39 x 1.24 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Philosophical
  • Library of Congress subjects Darwin, Charles, Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010030409
  • Dewey Decimal Code 576.8

Media reviews

"Few philosophers of science command the respect that Elliott Sober enjoys for the rigor of his investigations into the logic of evolutionary biology. In his latest, enthralling book he argues that Darwin’s theory is best described not as evolution by natural selection but as common ancestry plus natural selection. . . . Accessible, lively, controversial, this is a book full of good things, including a fresh look at Darwin’s position on group selection."
John Hedley Brooke, Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion and director of the Ian Ramsey Centre, University of Oxford

"Philosophical essays are frequently enlightening but rarely entertaining. Elliott Sober’s Did Darwin Write the "Origin" Backwards? succeeds at being philosophically sophisticated, historically informative, and thoroughly enjoyable. Even readers who think they know their Darwin will learn much from this book."
Ronald L. Numbers, Hilldale Professor of the History of Science and Medicine,University of Wisconsin–Madison

Citations

  • Choice, 11/01/2011, Page 0
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 06/01/2011, Page 224

About the author

Elliott Sober is Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of nine other books, including Evidence and Evolution: The Logic Behind the Science and Reconstructing the Past: Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference, which won the prestigious Lakatos Prize in the Philosophy of Science.

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