Debates in Philosophy of Biology: One Long Argument, or Many?

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 25 (1):73 - 81 (2011)
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Philosophy of biology, perhaps more than any other philosophy of science, is a discipline in flux. What counts as consensus and key arguments in certain areas changes rapidly.The publication of Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology (2010 Wiley-Blackwell) is reviewed and is used as a catalyst to a discussion of the recent expansion of subjects and perspectives in the philosophy of biology as well as their diverse epistemological and methodological commitments.

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10.1080/02698595.2011.552419

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Catherine Elizabeth Kendig
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