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Series - Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology
Topic Areas
Biology and Medicine
Humanities
Psychology
Kim Sterelny and Robert A. Wilson, Series Editors

Works in the series will focus on philosophy seriously engaged with, and relevant to, the practitioners in the behavioral, biological, and psychological sciences.

For information on the submission of proposals and manuscripts, please contact the editors, Kim Sterelny and Robert A. Wilson, or the publisher, Tom Stone.

Publications 1 - 20 of 28

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Coherence in Thought and ActionCoherence in Thought and Action
Paul Thagard
This book is an essay on how people make sense of each other and the world they live in.
Cloth / November 2000
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Coherence in Thought and ActionCoherence in Thought and Action
Paul Thagard
Paul Thagard proposes a general theory of coherence as the satisfaction of multiple interacting constraints, and discusses the theory's numerous psychological and philosophical applications.
Paper / August 2002
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No cover image available for this edition.Color Ontology and Color Science
Edited by Jonathan Cohen and Mohan Matthen
Leading philosophers and scientists consider what conclusions about color can be drawn when the latest analytic tools are applied to the most sophisticated color science.
Cloth / June 2010
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No cover image available for this edition.Color Ontology and Color Science
Edited by Jonathan Cohen and Mohan Matthen
Leading philosophers and scientists consider what conclusions about color can be drawn when the latest analytic tools are applied to the most sophisticated color science.
Paper / June 2010
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Cycles of ContingencyCycles of Contingency
Developmental Systems and Evolution
Edited by Susan Oyama, Paul E. Griffiths and Russell D. Gray
Provides historical background to DST, recent theoretical findings on the mechanisms of heredity, applications of the DST framework to behavioral development, implications of DST for the philosophy of biology, and critical reactions to DST.
Cloth / February 2001
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Cycles of ContingencyCycles of Contingency
Developmental Systems and Evolution
Edited by Susan Oyama, Paul E. Griffiths and Russell D. Gray
Provides historical background to DST, recent theoretical findings on the mechanisms of heredity, applications of the DST framework to behavioral development, implications of DST for the philosophy of biology, and critical reactions to DST.
Paper / March 2003
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Describing Inner Experience?Describing Inner Experience?
Proponent Meets Skeptic
Russell T. Hurlburt and Eric Schwitzgebel
A psychologist and a philosopher with opposing viewpoints discuss the extent to which it is possible to report accurately on our own conscious experience, considering both the reliability of introspection in general and the particular self-reported inner experiences of "Melanie," a subject interviewed using the Descriptive Experience Sampling method.
Cloth / November 2007
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Evolution and LearningEvolution and Learning
The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered
Edited by Bruce H. Weber and David J. Depew
Essays on the contributions to historical and contemporary evolutionary theory of the Baldwin effect, which postulates the effects of learned behaviors on evolutionary change.
Cloth / July 2003
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Evolution and LearningEvolution and Learning
The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered
Edited by Bruce H. Weber and David J. Depew
Essays on the contributions to historical and contemporary evolutionary theory of the Baldwin effect, which postulates the effects of learned behaviors on evolutionary change.
Paper / March 2007
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Evolution in Four DimensionsEvolution in Four Dimensions
Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life
Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb
A groundbreaking synthesis of evolutionary theory arguing that induced and acquired changes also play a role in evolution.
Cloth / May 2005
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Evolution in Four DimensionsEvolution in Four Dimensions
Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life
Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb
A groundbreaking synthesis of evolutionary theory arguing that induced and acquired changes also play a role in evolution.
Paper / October 2006
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The Evolution of MoralityThe Evolution of Morality
Richard Joyce
A consideration of whether the human capacity to make moral judgments is innate and, if so, what implications follow; combines philosophical discussion with the latest findings from the empirical sciences.
Cloth / February 2006
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The Evolution of MoralityThe Evolution of Morality
Richard Joyce
A consideration of whether the human capacity to make moral judgments is innate and, if so, what implications follow; combines philosophical discussion with the latest findings from the empirical sciences.
Paper / September 2007
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Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted PsychologyEvolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology
Robert C. Richardson
A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology's explanations amount to speculation disguised as results.
Cloth / November 2007
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Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted PsychologyEvolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology
Robert C. Richardson
A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology's explanations amount to speculation disguised as results.
Paper / March 2010
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No cover image available for this edition.The Extended Mind
Edited by Richard Menary
Leading scholars respond to the famous proposition by Andy Clark and David Chalmers that cognition and mind are not located exclusively in the head.
Cloth / June 2010
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The Mind IncarnateThe Mind Incarnate
Lawrence A. Shapiro
Examines how the mind is connected to the body by testing two major hypotheses against two competitors, and argues that the relationship of mind to body is closer than many philosophers have supposed.
Cloth / April 2004
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The Mind IncarnateThe Mind Incarnate
Lawrence A. Shapiro
Examines how the mind is connected to the body by testing two major hypotheses against two competitors, and argues that the relationship of mind to body is closer than many philosophers have supposed.
Paper / September 2005
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Molecular Models of LifeMolecular Models of Life
Philosophical Papers on Molecular Biology
Sahotra Sarkar
Molecular biology as a unifying perspective on life that complements that of evolutionary biology.
Cloth / January 2005
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Molecular Models of LifeMolecular Models of Life
Philosophical Papers on Molecular Biology
Sahotra Sarkar
Molecular biology as a unifying perspective on life that complements that of evolutionary biology.
Paper / March 2007
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