Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- General Introduction -- References and Further Reading -- PART I IS IT POSSIBLE TOREDUCE BIOLOGICALEXPLANATIONS TOEXPLANATIONS INCHEMISTRY AND/ORPHYSICS? -- Introduction -- References and Further Reading -- CHAPTER ONE It Is Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics -- CHAPTER TWO It Is Not Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics -- PART II HAVE TRAITS EVOLVED TO FUNCTION THE WAY THEY DO BECAUSE OF A PAST ADVANTAGE? -- Introduction -- References and Further Reading -- CHAPTER THREE Traits Have Evolved to Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage -- CHAPTER FOUR Traits Have Not Evolved to Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage -- PART III ARE SPECIES REAL? -- Introduction -- References and Further Reading -- CHAPTER FIVE Species Are Real Biological Entities -- CHAPTER SIX Species Are Not Uniquely Real Biological Entities -- PART IV DOES SELECTION OPERATE PRIMARILY ON GENES? -- Introduction -- References and Further Reading -- CHAPTER SEVEN Selection Does Operate Primarily on Genes: In Defense of the Gene as the Unit of Selection -- CHAPTER EIGHT Selection Does Not Operate Primarily on Genes -- PART V ARE MICROEVOLUTION AND MACROEVOLUTION GOVERNED BY THE SAME PROCESSES? -- Introduction -- References and Further Reading -- CHAPTER NINE Microevolution and Macroevolution are Governed by the Same Processes -- CHAPTER TEN Microevolution and Macroevolution Are Not Governed by the Same Processes -- PART VI DOES EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OFFER A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE TO THE NEO-DARWINIAN PARADIGM? -- Introduction -- References and Further Reading.

CHAPTER ELEVEN Evolutionary Developmental Biology Offers a Significant Challenge to the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm -- CHAPTER TWELVE Evolutionary Developmental Biology Does Not Offer a Significant Challenge to the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm -- PART VII WERE THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE HUMAN MIND SOLIDIFIED DURING THE PLEISTOCENE EPOCH? -- Introduction -- References and Further Reading -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Not Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch -- PART VIII DOES MEMETICS PROVIDE A USEFUL WAY OF UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL EVOLUTION? -- Introduction -- References and Further Reading -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Memetics Does Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN Memetics Does Not Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution -- PART IX CAN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ACT AS A GROUND FOR ETHICS? -- Introduction -- References and Further Reading -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Biological Sciences Can Act as a Ground for Ethics -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN What the Biological Sciences Can and Cannot Contribute to Ethics -- PART X IS THERE A PLACE FOR INTELLIGENT DESIGN IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY? -- Introduction -- References and Further Reading -- CHAPTER NINETEEN There Is a Place for Intelligent Design in the Philosophy of Biology: Intelligent Design in (Philosophy of) Biology: Some Legitimate Roles -- CHAPTER TWENTY There Is No Place for Intelligent Design in the Philosophy of Biology: Intelligent Design Is Not Science -- Index.