Adaptationism and Optimality (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)

@book{citeulike:2762005, abstract = {{The theory of adaptationism argues that natural selection contains sufficient explanatory power in itself to account for all evolution. However, there are differing views about the efficiency, or optimality, of the adaptation model of explanation. If the adaptationism theory is applied, are energy and resources being used as optimally as possible? Adaptationism and Optimality combines contributions from biologists and philosophers, and offers a systematic treatment of foundational, conceptual, and methodological issues surrounding the theory of adaptationism.}}, citeulike-article-id = {2762005}, howpublished = {Hardcover}, isbn = {052159166X}, keywords = {adaptive, methdology}, month = {June}, posted-at = {2008-05-06 17:50:09}, priority = {2}, publisher = {{Cambridge University Press}}, title = {Adaptationism and Optimality (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)}, url = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20\&path=ASIN/052159166X}, year = {2001} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:2762005 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2762005 TI - Adaptationism and Optimality (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) PB - {Cambridge University Press} SN - 052159166X N2 - {The theory of adaptationism argues that natural selection contains sufficient explanatory power in itself to account for all evolution. However, there are differing views about the efficiency, or optimality, of the adaptation model of explanation. If the adaptationism theory is applied, are energy and resources being used as optimally as possible? Adaptationism and Optimality combines contributions from biologists and philosophers, and offers a systematic treatment of foundational, conceptual, and methodological issues surrounding the theory of adaptationism.} KW - adaptive KW - methdology PY - 2001/06/11/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/052159166X ER -