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Evidence and Evolution: The Logic Behind the Science

Name: Evidence and Evolution: The Logic Behind the Science
Author: Elliott Sober
ISBN: 9780521692748

by Elliott Sober

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Synopsis

Elliott Sober explores how the concept of evidence applies to creationism, natural selection and common ancestry.

About the Author, Elliott Sober

Elliott Sober is Hans Reichenbach Professor of Philosophy and William F. Vilas Research Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison where he has taught since 1974. His research is in philosophy of science, especially in the philosophy of evolutionary biology. Sober's books include The Nature of Selection - Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus (1984), Reconstructing the Past - Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference (1988), Philosophy of Biology (1993), From a Biological Point of View - Essays in Evolutionary Philosophy (1994), and Unto Others - The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior (1998), coauthored with David Sloan Wilson.