{"product_id":"essence-in-the-age-of-evolution-a-new-theory-of-natural-kinds-paperback","title":"Essence in the Age of Evolution: A New Theory of Natural Kinds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher J. Austin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a novel defence of a highly contested philosophical position: biological natural kind essentialism. This theory is routinely and explicitly rejected for its purported inability to be explicated in the context of contemporary biological science, and its supposed incompatibility with the process and progress of evolution by natural selection. Christopher J. Austin challenges these objections, and in conjunction with contemporary scientific advancements within the field of evolutionary-developmental biology, the book utilises a contemporary neo-Aristotelian metaphysics of \"dispositional properties\", or causal powers, to provide a theory of essentialism centred on the developmental architecture of organisms and its role in the evolutionary process. By defending a novel theory of Aristotelian biological natural kind essentialism, \u003cem\u003eEssence in the Age of Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e represents the fresh and exciting union of cutting-edge philosophical insight and scientific knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher J. Austin\u003c\/strong\u003e is Head of Philosophy at Sutton Grammar School, London, and specialises in the metaphysics of science, with a particular focus on biology. Recent publications include 'Dispositions in Evolutionary Developmental Biology' in \u003ci\u003eEvolutionary Developmental Biology: A Reference Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, and 'A Biologically Informed Hylomorphism' in \u003ci\u003eNeo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750631637280,"sku":"9781032094755","price":100.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/065dcde6e9d85d2a8b3e05bdea16de0d.webp?v=1779955142","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/essence-in-the-age-of-evolution-a-new-theory-of-natural-kinds-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}