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Can biology be explained entirely in terms of chemistry and then physics? If so, that’s “reductionism.” Or are there “emergent” properties at higher levels of the...

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Philosophy of Reductionism & Emergence (Part III)

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Can biology be explained entirely in terms of chemistry and then physics? If so, that’s “reductionism.” Or are there “emergent” properties at higher levels of the...

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Can biology be explained entirely in terms of chemistry and then physics? If so, that’s “reductionism.” Or are there “emergent” properties at higher levels of the...

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Philosophy of Reductionism & Emergence (Part I)

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What are biological theories, their scope and depth? How do biologists think? How do they conduct their research and construct their theories? What happens when traditional...

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Philosophy of Life, Biological Thinking, & Theories (Part III)

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What are biological theories, their scope and depth? How do biologists think? How do they conduct their research and construct their theories? What happens when traditional...

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Ecology, environmental protection, and dealing with climate change are among humanity’s most serious problems. Can a philosophical perspective clarify old issues and...

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Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology

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While evolution is how life on earth came to be, where does the evolution occur? At what level of the hierarchy of life—from genes to individuals to groups to...

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What is the extended evolutionary synthesis (EES) and why better? Includes multilevel selection, transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, niche construction, evolvability,...

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Philosophy of Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (Part II)

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Two big ideas in biology: the evolution of species via mutation, fitness and natural selection; and the embryological development of individuals, from fertilized egg to whole...

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What is Evolutionary Developmental Biology?

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Season 23

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What is the extended evolutionary synthesis (EES) and why better? Includes multilevel selection, transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, niche construction, evolvability,...

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Philosophy of Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (Part I)

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What is the classification system in biology, the taxonomy used to categorize organisms in a structured hierarchy? What are species and individuals in biological and...

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Philosophy of Species & Individuals (Part II)

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What is the classification system in biology, the taxonomy used to categorize organisms in a structured hierarchy? What are species and individuals in biological and...

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Philosophy of Species & Individuals (Part I)

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Philosophy of Genes and Information

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What is information in biology? information is essential for analyzing data and testing hypotheses. But what is information in evolution, population genetics, levels of...

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Philosophy of Biological Information (Part II)

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What is information in biology? information is essential for analyzing data and testing hypotheses. But what is information in molecular genetics and neuroscience? What in...

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What is Biological Information?

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Season 23

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What is a gene? Molecular biology, genome, genetic engineering, as well as genes, define our century of biology. But what do these terms actually signify? How to understand...

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What is a gene? Molecular biology, genome, genetic engineering, as well as genes, define our century of biology. But what do these terms actually signify? How to understand...

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What is information in biology? information is essential for analyzing data and testing hypotheses. But what is information in evolution, population genetics, levels of...

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Philosophy of Evolution and Religion

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Two kinds of questions describe the relationship between evolution and religion. The first explores discrepancies, even contradictions, between the science of evolution and...

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Two kinds of questions describe the relationship between evolution and religion. The first explores discrepancies, even contradictions, between the science of evolution and...

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Are evolution and theology explanatory enemies? Does the truth of evolution expose the falsity of theology? If humans descended from lower animals, must we conclude that God...

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Evolution and Theology (Part II)

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If God does not exist, evolution is a full explanation of human origins, without deep meaning or purpose. But if God does exist, what is evolution and how did it happen? Here...

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If God, What’s Evolution?

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Season 18

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Are evolution and theology explanatory enemies? Does the truth of evolution expose the falsity of theology? If humans descended from lower animals, must we conclude that God...

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Evolution and Theology (Part I)

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What’s the relationship, if there is a relationship, between God and evolution? ‘Theistic evolution’ is the claim that while evolution is real, God makes...

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Evolution and God?

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Philosophy of Biology

Explore themes of Philosophy of Biology:

Why Philosophy of Biology?

Philosophy of Reductionism & Emergence (Part III)

Philosophy of Reductionism & Emergence (Part II)

Philosophy of Reductionism & Emergence (Part I)

Philosophy of Life, Biological Thinking, & Theories (Part III)

Philosophy of Life, Biological Thinking, & Theories (Part II)

Philosophy of Ecology & the Environment

Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology

Philosophy of Units / Levels of Natural Selection (Part II)

Philosophy of Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (Part II)

What is Evolutionary Developmental Biology?

Philosophy of Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (Part I)

Philosophy of Species & Individuals (Part II)

Philosophy of Species & Individuals (Part I)

Philosophy of Genes and Information

Philosophy of Biological Information (Part II)

What is Biological Information?

Philosophy of Molecular Biology and Genes (Part II)

Philosophy of Molecular Biology and Genes (Part I)

Philosophy of Biological Information (Part I)

Philosophy of Evolution and Religion

Philosophy of Evolution & Religion (Part II)

Philosophy of Evolution & Religion (Part I)

Evolution and Theology (Part II)

If God, What’s Evolution?

Evolution and Theology (Part I)

Evolution and God?