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Sociobiology: Sense or Nonsense?

by Ruse, M.

Series : Pallas Paperbacks
Volume: 7
Publisher : D. Reidel Publishing Company
Published In : Dordrecht
Illustrations : text figs

Description:

An important early philosophical examination of the sociobiology controversy prompted by E. O. Wilson’s Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. Ruse assessed the scientific foundations of evolutionary explanations of animal and human social behaviour, while considering objections concerning genetic determinism, political ideology and the relationship between biology, the social sciences and ethics. A significant contribution to the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology.