Concepts, Theories, and Rationality in the Biological Sciences

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A Unified Report on the “State of the Art” in the Philosophy of Biology  In October 1993, the University of Pittsburgh hosted the Second Pittsburgh-Konstanz Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science, with a focus on the rapidly growing field of philosophy of biology. An interdisciplinary group of philosophers and scientists came together to discuss the basic theories and concepts of biology and their connections with ethics, economics, and psychology. The colloquium organizers strove to create an event that would provide attendees with a wide overview on the current state of the philosophy of biology, with as many topics and views on these topics as possible. Those presentations are gathered here in a volume that offers the reader a varied and thorough survey of the field. 
 

Gereon Wolters is professor emeritus of philosophy and history of science at the University of Konstanz and director of the Philosophical Archive. He is coeditor of Logic, Language, and the Structure of Scientific Theories, among other books. 

 

James G. Lennox is professor emeritus of history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of Aristotle on Inquiry, Aristotle: On the Parts of Animals I–IV, and Aristotle’s Philosophy of Biology: Studies in the Origins of Life Science. Lennox is coeditor of Philosophical Issues in Aristotle’s Biology and Being, Nature, and Life in Aristotle: Essays in Honor of Allan Gotthelf. 

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