Sociobiology and Bioeconomics: The Theory of Evolution in Biological and Economic Theory

ISBN-13: 9783540653806 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 341 str.

D. B. Lawrence; P. Koslowski; H. Peter Koslowski

Opis

The volume at hand publishes the proceedings of the conference "Develop- mental Systems, Competition, and Cooperation in Sociobiology and Eco- nomics", a "Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy (SEEP)-Conference" held at Marienrode Monastery, Hildesheim-Marienrode near Hannover, Ger- many, on 24-28 April 1996. This "Studies in Economic Ethics and Philoso- phy (SEEP)-Conference" was made possible by the support of the Stiftung Forschungsinstitut fUr Philosophie Hannover ~ Foundation Hannover Insti- tute of Philosophical Research. The editor wishes to thank his co-workers at the Forschungsinstitut fUr Philosophie Hannover for their assistance in organizing the conference at Ma- rienrode and Anna Maria Hauk M. A. and Bettina Lohnert M. A. for their as- sistance in preparing the computerized version of this book. A special word of gratitude is due the Stiftung Forschungsinstitut fOr Phi- losophie Hannover whose financial support made the conference in 1996 pos- sible. Hannover, September 1998 P. K. Contents Preface ...V Sociobiology, Theory of Evolution, and Bioeconomics Introduction PETER KOSLOWSKI ...1 Part I Neo-Darwinian Synthesis, Sociobiology, and the Economy of Nature Chapter 1 Darwinian Monism: The Economy of Nature MICHAEL T. GHISELIN ...7 Chapter 2 Coercion TIM CLUTION-BROCK and GEOFF A. PARKER ...25 Chapter 3 Does the Second Law of Thermodynamics Refute the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis? BRUCE H. WEBER and DAVID 1. DEPEW ...50 CONTENTS Partll Natural Selection and Developmental Systems: Redrawing the Boundaries Between Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors of Evolution Chapter 4 Evolutionary and Developmental Formation: Politics of the Boundary SUSAN OyAMA ...

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PREFACE Peter Koslowski: Sociobiology, Theory of Evolution, and Bioeconomics - Introduction PART I: NEO-DARWINIAN SYNTHESIS, SOCIOBIOLOGY, AND THE ECONOMY OF NATURE 1. Michael T. Ghiselin: Darwinian Monism: The Economy of Nature 2. Tim Clutton-Brock and Geoff A. Parker: Coercion 3. Bruce H. Weber and David J. Depew: Does the Second Law of Thermodynamics Refute the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis? PART II: NATURAL SELECTION AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS: REDRAWING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC FACTORS OF EVOLUTION 4. Susan Oyama: Evolutionary and Developmental Formation: Politics of the Boundary 5. Eva M. Neumann-Held: The Gene is Dead - Long Live the Gene! Conceptualizing Genes the Constructionist Way PART III:REDRAWING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE NARRATIVES OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND THE NARRATIVES OF HERMENEUTICS, MYTHOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY 6. Sergey V. Chebanov: The Role of Hermeneutics in Biology 7. Jacques Vauthier: Science and Mythology: a New 'metaxu'? 8. Aloys Hüttermann: What is the Impact of a Philosophically Based Criticism of Socio-Biology on the Scientific Community? PART IV: SYNERGETICS, SYMBIOSIS AND COOPERATION IN SOCIOLOGY AND BIOLOGY 9. Hermann Haken: Synergetics in Sociology and Biology 10.Hans-Dieter Görtz: Symbiosis, Mutualism and Cooperation in Biological Evolution PART V: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND ECONOMIC THEORY 11.Mae-Wan Ho: Are Economic Systems Like Organisms? 12.Peter T. Saunders: Darwinism and Economic Theory 13.Ulrich Witt: Evolutionary Economics and Evolutionary Biology CONCLUSION 14.Peter Koslowski: The Theory of Evolution as Sociobiology and Bioeconomics. A Critique of Its Claim to Universality LIST OF AUTHORS INDEX OF NAMES

O autorze

Peter Koslowski ist Gründungsdirektor des Forschungsinstituts für Philosophie Hannover und Professor für Philosophie und Politische Ökonomie an der Universität Witten/Herdecke.