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020			_a9780511921100 (ebook)
020			_z9780521116374 (hardback)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aQE721 _b.T88 2011
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100	1		_aTurner, Derek, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPaleontology : _bA Philosophical Introduction / _cDerek Turner.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (240 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aIn the wake of the paleobiological revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, paleontologists continue to investigate far-reaching questions about how evolution works. Many of those questions have a philosophical dimension. How is macroevolution related to evolutionary changes within populations? Is evolutionary history contingent? How much can we know about the causes of evolutionary trends? How do paleontologists read the patterns in the fossil record to learn about the underlying evolutionary processes? Derek Turner explores these and other questions, introducing the reader to exciting recent work in the philosophy of paleontology and to theoretical issues including punctuated equilibria and species selection. He also critically examines some of the major accomplishments and arguments of paleontologists of the last 40 years.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521116374
830		0	_aCambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511921100
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38858 _d38858