Death - Perspectives from the Philosophy of Biology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)

This book addresses several key issues in the biological study of death with the intent of capturing their genealogy, the assumptions and presuppositions they make, and the way that they open specific new research avenues. The book is divided into two sections: the first considers physiology and the second evolutionary biology. Huneman explains that biologists in the late 1950s put forth a research framework that evolutionarily accounts for death in terms of either an effect of the weakness of natural selection or a by-product of natural selection for early reproduction. He illustrates how the biology of death is a central field and that studying it provides insight into the way that the epistemic structure of this knowledge has been constituted, persists until now, and may conflict with some traditional philosophical ideas.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	February 2023
First published:	2022
Authors:	Philippe Huneman
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	536
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-114416-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
LSN:	3-03-114416-3
Barcode:	9783031144165

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