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Samir Okasha offers a critical study of agential thinking in biology, where evolved organisms are seen as agents pursuing a goal. He examines the justification for transposing concepts from rational humans to the biological world, and considers whether agential thinking is mere anthropomorphism or plays a more intellectual role in the science.
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Agents and Goals in Evolution, Samir Okasha
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- Agents and Goals in Evolution
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Samir Okasha
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0192894439
- ISBN13
- 9780192894434
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Science & Math, Philosophical Topics, Natural sciences, Biology, Science, Evolution
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
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- Samir Okasha offers a critical study of agential thinking in biology, where evolved organisms are seen as agents pursuing a goal. He examines the justification for transposing concepts from rational humans to the biological world, and considers whether agential thinking is mere anthropomorphism or plays a more intellectual role in the science.