The Role of Mathematics in Evolutionary Theory Paperback / softback
by Jun (Kyoto University, Japan) Otsuka
Part of the Elements in the Philosophy of Biology series
Paperback / softback
Description
The central role of mathematical modeling in modern evolutionary theory has raised a concern as to why and how abstract formulae can say anything about empirical phenomena of evolution.
This Element introduces existing philosophical approaches to this problem and proposes a new account according to which evolutionary models are based on causal, and not just mathematical, assumptions.
The novel account features causal models both as the Humean 'uniform nature' underlying evolutionary induction and as the organizing framework that integrates mathematical and empirical assumptions into a cohesive network of beliefs that functions together to achieve epistemic goals of evolutionary biology.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/10/2019
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- ISBN:9781108727853
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/10/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108727853
