History and evolution / edited by Matthew H. Nitecki and Doris V. Nitecki.

Other author Nitecki, Matthew H.
Other author Nitecki, Doris V.
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press, ©1992.
Descriptionviii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesSUNY series in philosophy and biology
SUNY series in philosophy and biology. ^A235702
Contents History : la grande illusion / Matthew H. Nitecki -- The structure of narrative explanation in history and biology / Robert J. Richards -- What's so special about the past? / Rachel Laudan -- The particular-circumstance model of scientific explanation / David L. Hull -- The historical nature of evolutionary theory / Marc Ereshefsky -- History and evolutionary processes / Douglas J. Futuyma -- The conditions for a nomothetic paleontology / David B. Kitts -- A threefold parallelism for our time? : progressive development in society, science, and the organic world / Michael Ruse -- How microevolutionary processes give rise to history / Robert Boyd and Peter J. Richerson -- Evolution and history : history as science and science as history / Garland E. Allen -- Evolution of scientific theories and the tension in ecology / Lawrence B. Slobodkin.
General note"Proceedings of the Spring Systematics Symposium held at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago in May, 1989"--Pref.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 92000724
ISBN0791412113 (hardcover)
ISBN0791412121 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks D16.8 .H6242 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold