Sahotra Sarkar is Professor of Philosophy and Ingetrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Genetics and Reductionism: A Primer ; (1998) and J.B.S. Haldane--A Scientific Biography (forthcoming); editor of several books, including The Philosophy and History of Molecular Biology (1996), the six-volume Science and the Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Basic Works of Logical Empiricism (1996) and the two-volume The Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia (forthcoming).
Anya Plutynksi is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah. She specializes in the history and philosophy of science.

In diesem Band werden philosophische Themen behandelt, die in Zusammenhang mit der Biologie stehen. Dabei werden auch neuere Problemfelder wie Genetik, Ökologie oder die Neurowissenschaften untersucht. Für wissenschaftsphilosophisch Interessierte ist dieser Band ein Muss.

I. Introduction: Sahotra Sarkar (University of Texas) and Anya Plutynski (University of Utah).
II. Molecular Biology and Genetics.
II.1. Gene Concepts: Staffan Muller-Wülle (University of Exeter).
II.2. Biological Information: Stefan Artmann (University of Jena).
II.3. Heredity and Heritability: Richard Lewontin (Harvard University).
II.4. Genomics, Proteomics, and Beyond: Sahotra Sarkar (University of Texas).
III. Evolution.
III.1. Darwinism and Neo-Darwinism: James G. Lennox (University of Pittsburgh).
III.2. Systematics and Taxonomy: Marc Ereshefsky (University of Calgary).
III.3. Population Genetics: Christopher Stephens (University of British Columbia).
III.4. Units and Levels of Selection: Samir Okasha (University of Bristol).
III.5. Molecular Evolution: Michael R. Dietrich (Dartmouth College) and John Beatty (University of British Columbia).
III.6. Speciation and Macroevolution: Anya Plutynski (University of Utah).
III.7. Adaptationism: Peter Godfrey-Smith (Harvard University) and Jon F. Wilkins (Harvard University).
IV. Developmental Biology.
IV.1. Phenotypic Plasticity and Reaction Norms: Jonathan Kaplan (University of Tennessee).
IV.2. Explaining the Ontogeny of Form: Philosophical Issues: Alan C. Love (University of Minnesota).
IV.3. Development and Evolution: Ron Amundson (University of Hawaii).
V. Immunology.
V.1. Self and Non-Self: Moira Howes (Trent University).
V.2. Health and Disease: Dominic Murphy (Caltech).
VI. Ecology.
VI.1. Population Ecology: Mark Colyvan (University of Sydney).
VI.2.Complexity, Diversity, and Stability: James Justus (University of Texas, Austin).
VI.3. Ecosystems: Kent A. Peackock (University of Lethbridge).
VI.4. Biodiversity: Its Meaning and Value: Bryan Norton (Georgia Institute of Technology).
VII. Mind and Behavior.
VII.1. Ethology, Sociobiology, and Evolutionary Psychology: Paul Griffiths (University of Pittsburgh).
VII.2. Cooperation: J. McKenzie Alexander (London School of Economics).
VII.3. Language and Evolution: Derek Bickerton (University of Hawaii).
VIII. Experimentation, Theory, and Themes.
VIII.1. What is Life?: Mark Bedau (Reed College).
VIII.2. Experimentation: Marcel Weber (University of Hanover).
VIII.3. Is Biology Like Physics?: Marc Lange (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill).
VIII.4. Models: Jay Odenbaugh (Lewis and Clark College).
VIII.5. Function and Teleology: Justin Garson (University of Texas, Austin).
VIII.6. Reductionism in Biology: Alexander Rosenberg (Duke University).
Index