The structure of evolutionary theory, Stephen Jay Gould

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The structure of evolutionary theory, Stephen Jay Gould

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• http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy035/2001043556.html
• http://www.gbv.de/dms/ohb-opac/334504627.pdf

Statement of responsibility

Stephen Jay Gould

Instantiates

• The structure of evolutionary theory

Publication

• Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1344-1387) and index

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volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

Defining and revising the structure of evolutionary theory -- PART I: THE HISTORY OF DARWINIAN LOGIC AND DEBATE: The essence of Darwinism and the basis of modern orthodoxy: an exegesis of the Origin of Species -- Seeds of hierarchy -- Internalism and laws of form: pre-Darwinian alternatives to functionalism -- The fruitful facets of Galton's polyhedron; channels and saltations in post-Darwinian formalism -- Pattern and progress on the geological stage -- The modern synthesis as a limited consensus -- PART II: TOWARDS A REVISED AND EXPANDED EVOLUTIONARY THEORY: Species as individuals in the hierarchical theory of selection -- Punctuated equilibrium and the validation of macroevolutionary theory -- The integration of constraint and adaptation (structure and function) in ontogeny and phylogeny: historical constraints and the evolution of development -- The integration of constraint and adaptation (structure and function) in ontogeny and phylogeny: structural constraints, spandrels, and the centrality of exaptation in macroevolution -- Tiers of time and trials of extrapolationism, with an epilog on the interaction of general theory and contingent theory

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ocm47869352

Dimensions

26 cm.

Extent

xxii, 1433 p.

Isbn

9780674006133

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(alk. paper)

Lccn

2001043556

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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ill.

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u17984

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• (Sirsi) o47869352
• (OCoLC)47869352