I. Philosophy Introduction 1. Is Biology an Autonomous Science? 2. Cause and Effect in Biology 3. The Multiple Meanings of Teleological 4. The Probability of Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life 5. The Origins of Human Ethics II. Natural Selection Introduction 6. An Analysis of the Concept of Natural Selection 7. Philosophical Aspects of Natural Selection III. Adaptation Introduction 8. Adaptation and Selection 9. How To Carry Out the Adaptationist Program? IV. Darwin Introduction 10. Darwin, Intellectual Revolutionary 11. The Challenge of Darwinism 12. What Is Darwinism 13. Darwin and Natural Selection 14. The Concept of Finality in Darwin and alter Darwin 15. The Death of Darwin V. Diversity Introduction 16. Toward a Synthesis in Biological Classification 17. Museums and Biological Laboratories 18. Problems in the Classification of Birds VI. Species Introduction 19. The Species Category 20. The Ontology of the Species Taxon VII. Speciation Introduction 21. Processes of Speciation in Animals 22. Evolution of Fish Species Flocks VIII. Macro Evolution Introduction 23. Does Microevolution Explain Macroevolution? 24. The Unity of the Genotype 25. Speciation and Macroevolution 26. Speciational Evolution through Punctuated Equilibria IX. Historical Perspective Introduction 27. On Weismann's Growth as an Evolutionist 28. On the Evolutionary Synthesis and After Index
Ernst Mayr was Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He was the recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards, including the Crafoord Prize for Biology, the National Medal of Science, the Balzan Prize, and the Japan Prize.
It is a pleasure to be in the company of a mind so vibrant and
still exploring the boundary between the circle of what is known
and the vast expanse of what isn’t.
*Los Angeles Times*
Ernst Mayr is one of a handful of the greatest scientific minds
humankind has yet produced… This beautifully presented collection
of twenty-eight articles and essays, elegantly introduced and
filled with important neologisms all contributing to clarity, is so
close to competing with Darwin’s Origin of Species that I would not
be surprised if history were to judge that Evolutionism in our
century also has a Prophet… In short, this is one great
classic.
*Bloomsbury Review*
Mayr’s power to discern biological connections and also to identify
the telling example should excite unqualified admiration… Toward a
New Philosophy of Biology is a book to be developed, to be argued
with, a book whose margins should be filled with exciting
scribblings.
*Nature*
Mayr is the greatest living commentator on biology; and if biology
is what you do, as a researcher, teacher, writer, or as amateur,
then this is a book you should own.
*New Scientist*
Never too far below the surface of Mayr the philosopher or
historian lies Mayr the combative scientific streetfighter. It is
in this capacity that he has been most creative, informative, and
downright entertaining throughout his career; and this book is no
exception… If you are at all interested in evolution—as a
historian, a philosopher, or, above all, as a practicing
biologist—you really should read this book.
*BioScience*
It is a pleasure to be in the company of a mind so vibrant and
still exploring the boundary between the circle of what is known
and the vast expanse of what isn't. -- Lee Dembart * Los Angeles
Times *
Ernst Mayr is one of a handful of the greatest scientific minds
humankind has yet produced... This beautifully presented collection
of twenty-eight articles and essays, elegantly introduced and
filled with important neologisms all contributing to clarity, is so
close to competing with Darwin's Origin of Species that I
would not be surprised if history were to judge that Evolutionism
in our century also has a Prophet... In short, this is one great
classic. -- Dick Duman * Bloomsbury Review *
Mayr's power to discern biological connections and also to identify
the telling example should excite unqualified admiration...
Toward a New Philosophy of Biology is a book to be
developed, to be argued with, a book whose margins should be filled
with exciting scribblings. -- Philip Kitcher * Nature *
Mayr is the greatest living commentator on biology; and if biology
is what you do, as a researcher, teacher, writer, or as amateur,
then this is a book you should own. -- Colin Tudge * New Scientist
*
Never too far below the surface of Mayr the philosopher or
historian lies Mayr the combative scientific streetfighter. It is
in this capacity that he has been most creative, informative, and
downright entertaining throughout his career; and this book is no
exception... If you are at all interested in evolution-as a
historian, a philosopher, or, above all, as a practicing
biologist-you really should read this book. -- Niles Eldredge *
BioScience *
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