Entangled Life Organism and Environment in the Biological and Social Sciences /
This volume explores the interactions between organisms and their environments and how this “entanglement” is a fundamental aspect of all life. It brings together the work and ideas of historians, philosophers, biologists, and social scientists, uniting a range of new perspectives, methods, and fram...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Series: | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7067-6 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Perspectives on Entangled Life; Gillian Barker, Eric Desjardins, and Trevor Pearce
- Part I. Historical Perspectives
- The Origins and Development of the Idea of Organism-Environment Interaction; Trevor Pearce
- James Mark Baldwin, the Baldwin Effect, Organic Selection, and the American “Immigrant Crisis” at the Turn of the Twentieth Century; Christopher D. Green
- The Tension between the Psychological and Ecological Sciences: Making Psychology More Ecological; Harry Heft
- New Perspectives on Organism-Environment Interaction in Anthropology; Emily A. Schultz
- Part II. Contested Models
- Adaptation, Adaptation to, and Interactive Causes; Bruce Glymour
- Environmental Grain, Organism Fitness, and Type Fitness; Marshall Abrams
- Models in Context: Biological and Epistemological Niches; Jessica A. Bolker
- Thinking Outside the Mouse: Organism-Environment Interaction and Human Immunology; Eric Desjardins, Gillian Barker, and Joaquin Madrenas
- Part III. Emerging Frameworks
- Integrating Ecology and Evolution: Niche Construction and Ecological Engineering; Gillian Barker and John Odling-Smee
- The Affordance Landscape: The Spatial Metaphors of Evolution; Denis M. Walsh
- Rethinking Behavioral Evolution; Rachael Brown. Constructing the Cooperative Niche; Kim Sterelny.