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This text combines a survey of recent history of the philosophy of science with current key debates and captures the historical drama of changes in how science has been conceived over the last 100 years.

This text combines a survey of recent history of the philosophy of science with current key debates and captures the historical drama of changes in how science has been conceived over the last 100 years.

The distinguished philosopher of science and scuba diver Peter Godfrey-Smith proposes a differing narrative of nature achieving self-awareness, with the octopus at its centre instead of the usual emphasis on the development of mammals. By unpacking how such a solitary creature attained such an unusual degree of intelligence, "Other Minds" casts new light on the workings of the minds of humans as well as cephalopods.

A new understanding of how evolution worksEagerly awaited work from a leading figure in the fieldGuides the reader carefully through the latest research on natural selectionLively and readable - no expertise in philosophy or biology required In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he called "natural selection, " a combination of variation, inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued that this mechanism was the key to ...

Named a Top Ten Science Book of Fall 2016 by Publishers WeeklyAlthough mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus. In captivity, octopuses have been known to identify individual human keepers, raid neighboring tanks for...

Philosopher and keen scuba diver, Peter Godfrey-Smith, travels down to the great depths to explore and tell a new story that reveals how nature became aware of itself. Tracing the problem of consciousness back to its roots, Godfrey-Smith compares the human brain to its most remarkable animal relative - the octopus.

This is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading authority on the subject. The book provides sophisticated and innovative coverage of the central topics and many of the latest developments in the field. Emphasizing connections between biological theories and other areas of philosophy, and carefully explaining both philosophical and biological terms, Peter Godfrey-Smith discusses th...

The book examines the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity.

This book is a further contribution to the series Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology. It is an ambitious attempt to explain the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing to link philosophy of mind to more general issues about the relations between organisms and environments, and to the general pattern of "externalist" explanations. Two sets of questions drive the argument. First, is it possible to...

This is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading authority on the subject. Geared to philosophers, biologists, and students of both, the book provides sophisticated and innovative coverage of the central topics and many of the latest developments in the field. Emphasizing connections be

How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is "really" like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In "Theory and Reality, " Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of one hundred years of debate about science. The result is a completely accessible introduction to the main themes of the philosophy of science. Intended for undergraduates and general readers w...