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1、<.-GenesandtheAgentsofLifeTheIndividualinthe•FragileSciencesBIOLOGYROBERTA.WILSONC\IIlKII>{.1GenesandtheAgentsofLifeTheIndividualintheFragileSciencesBiologyWhataretheagentsoflife?Centraltoourconceptionofthebiologicalworldistheideathatitcontainsvariouskindsofindividuals,includinggenes,organisms,a
2、ndspecies.Howweconceiveoftheseagentsoflifeiscentraltoourunderstandingoftherelationshipbetweenlifeandmind,theplaceofhierarchicalthinkinginthebiologicalsciences,andpluralisticviewsofbiologicalagency.GenesandtheAgentsofLifeundertakestorethinktheplaceoftheindividualinthebiologicalsciences,drawingpara
3、llelswiththecognitiveandsocialsciences.Genes,organisms,andspeciesareallagentsoflife,buthowareeachoftheseconceptualizedwithingenetics,developmentalbiology,evolutionarybiology,andsystematics?Thebookincludeshighlyaccessiblediscussionsofgeneticencoding,speciesandnaturalkinds,andpluralismaboutthelevel
4、sofselection,drawingonworkfromacrossthebiologicalsciences.Thebookisacompaniontotheauthor'sBoundariesoftheMind,alsoavailablefromCambridgeUniversityPress,inwhichthefocusisthecognitivesciences.Thisbookwillappealtoabroadrangeofprofessionalsandstudentsinphilosophy,biology,andthehistoryofscience.Robert
5、A.WilsonwasborninBrokenHill,Australia,andlivesinEdmonton,Canada.Heistheauthororeditoroffiveotherbooks,includingtheaward-winningTheMITEncyclopediaoftheCognitiveSciences(1999)andBoundariesoftheMind(Cambridge2004).GenesandtheAgentsofLifeTheIndividualintheFragileSciencesBiologyROBERTA.WILSONUniversit
6、yofAlbertaCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSPUBLISHEDBYTHEPRESSSYNDICATEOFTHEUNIVERSITYOFCAMBRIDGEForMirandaThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,Cambridge,UnitedKingdomCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB22RU,UK40West20thStreet,NewYork,NY10011-4211,USA477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3
7、207,AustraliaRuizdeAlarcon13,28014Madrid,SpainDockHouse,TheWaterfront,CapeTown8001,SouthAfricahttp:#www.cambridge.org©RobertA.Wilson2005Thisbookisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionsofrelevantcolle
