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Mar 28, 2024
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PHIL 394 - Philosophy of Biology (3) An examination of biology from a philosophical point of view. Some of the philosophical problems considered are the tautological character of the principle of natural selection, genic vs. group selection, the definition of fitness, the nature of biological species, the statistical character of evolutionary theory, and the reduction of biological laws to laws in physics and chemistry.
Grading: Graded/Pass Fail/Audit Course ID: 56056 Consent: No Special Consent Required Components: Lecture Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must complete one course in Philosophy with a ‘C’ or better.
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