The Philosophy of Biology: a Companion for Educators

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Dordrecht: Springer (2013)
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This book presents analyses of philosophical topics of importance to biology education. It is intended foremost for biology educators and teachers, and aims to show how philosophy of science in general, and philosophy of biology in particular, ...

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as a Case Study and Challenge for Science Pedagogy.David Depew
Philosophical Issues in Ecology.James Justus
Teaching evolutionary developmental biology: concepts, problems, and controversy.A. C. Love
Evolutionary Theory and the Epistemology of Science.Kevin McCain & Brad Weslake
Environmental Ethics.Roberta L. Millstein
1 C0ncept (s) 0f Homology 1.1 Common Usages of the Term Homology.Alessandro Minelli & Giuseppe Fusco
Small Things, Big Consequences: Microbiological Perspectives on Biology.Michael J. Duncan, Pierrick Bourrat, Jennifer Deberardinis & Maureen A. O'Malley
The Nature of Evolutionary Biology: At the Borderlands Between Historical and Experimental Science.Massimo Pigliucci
Biological Explanation.Angela Potochnik

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