TAILIEUCHUNG - EVIDENCE AND EVOLUTION

Biologists study living things, but what do philosophers of biology study? A cynic might say “their own navels,” but I am no cynic. A better answer is that philosophers of biology, and philosophers of science generally, study science. Ours is a second-order, not a first-order, subject. In this respect, philosophy of science is similar to history and sociology of science. A difference may be found in the fact that historians and sociologists study science as it is, whereas philosophers of science study science as it ought to be. Philosophy of science is a normative discipline, its goal being to distinguish good science from bad, better scientific practices from worse | ELLIOTT SOBER Evidence and Evolution THE LOGIC BEHIND THE5CIENCE OMMUXit Cambridge 1871884 This page intentionally left blank EVIDENCE AND EVOLUTION How should the concept of evidence be understood And how does the concept of evidence apply to the controversy about creationism as well as to work in evolutionary biology about natural selection and common ancestry In this rich and wide-ranging book Elliott Sober investigates general questions about probability and evidence and shows how the answers he develops to those questions apply to the specifics of evolutionary biology. Drawing on a set of fascinating examples he analyzes whether claims about intelligent design are untestable whether they are discredited by the fact that many adaptations are imperfect how evidence bears on whether present species trace back to common ancestors how hypotheses about natural selection can be tested and many other issues. His book will interest all readers who want to understand philosophical questions about evidence and evolution as they arise both in Darwin s work and in contemporary biological research. ELLIOTT SOBER is Hans Reichenbach Professor and William Vilas Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy University of Wisconsin-Madison. His many publications include Philosophy of Biology 2nd Edition 1999 and Unto Others The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior 1998 which he co-authored with David Sloan .

• Sinh học
• Likelihoodism
• Reasoning about coincidences
• intelligent design
• probabilities to likelihoods
• criterion of falsifiability
• total evidence
• FDI Flows
• Outflow
• Total FDI Stock
• Total FDI Inflows
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• Theoretical Framework
• Economic Fundamentals
• Revenue diversification
• Total assets
• Commercial bank
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• Non performing loans
• Net interest margin rates
• BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Total knee replacement
• Physical therapy specialty
• Physical therapy modalities
• Exercise therapy
• Systematic review
• Meta analysis
• Trade liberalization
• Total factor productivity
• Productivity performance
• Semi parametric
• Manufacturing protection
• Financing decision and firm performance
• Evidence from an emerging country
• Long term debt to total assets
• Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange
• Generalized method of moment
• Return on assets
• Physical therapy
• Hip arthroplasty
• Evidence practice gap
• Non parametric tests
• Proxy fight threat
• Total risk
• Idiosyncratic risk
• Sarbanes Oxley Act
• Quasi natural experiments
• Stock return
• Debt to equity ratio
• Total asset turnover
• Oil price
• Exchange rate