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Nov 25, 2024
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PHIL 106 PO - Philosophy of Biology CrsNo PHIL106 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): L. Perini
In the life sciences, distinctive methods and concepts play key roles in the production of knowledge. This course investigates biological explanation; examines concepts such as fitness, adaptation, gene and species; and addresses questions about whether biology reduces to physics, and the role of evolutionary and genetic claims in explaining human behavior. Prerequisite: one college-level philosophy or biology course.
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