Philosophy of Biology

608 Index

Edwards, A. W. F., 345, 466, 474
Elton, C., 62
emergence, 593
empiricist, 11
enhancer-sequences, 293
entropy, 342
Ephestia k ̈uhnellia, 286
Ephrussi, B., 250
epigenetic
mechanisms, 179
process, 287
norms, 201
epistemology, 22
and fallibilism, 214
descriptive vs. prescriptive, 208–
209, 213
equality, 230
Ereshefsky, M., 456
Escherichia coli, 251
essentialism, 405–407, 456, 458–460,
466, 475
ethical norms, 201
ethics, 22, 598
euchromatic, 272
Euclidean geometry, 486, 502
eugenics, 43, 46
eukaryotes, 268
evo-devo, 290
evolution, 8, 19, 40, 42–44, 55–71,
112–113, 123, 138, 143, 149,
155, 179–181, 206, 223, 336,
339–345, 472–475, 490, 506,
594
fragmentation of, 180, 183, 188,
196
major transitions in, 155
minimum, 345
Evolution of Epistemic Mechanisms
(EEM), 205
Evolution of Epistemic Theses (EET),
205, 206
Evolution of Mechanisms (EM) 206,
207, 212

Evolution of Moral Mechanisms (EMM),

206

Evolution of Moral Theses (EMT),

206

Evolution of Norms (EN), 206, 207,

212

evolutionary

altruism, 148

biology, 487

computation, 587

epistemology, 203, 206

ethics, 203, 206, 219, 237

potential, 173–174

Synthesis, 141, 142

Taxonomy, 417

theory, 37, 206, 490, 495, 502,

503, 506

transition, 141, 155

evolvability, 174, 191

as abstraction, 169

exaptation, 117

exons, 293

experimental design, 496, 497

explanation,

how-possible, 360, 362

mechanistic, 533

why-necessary, 360, 362, 367

extended phenotype, 222, 224, 236

extended replicator, 384

Fairfield Osborn, H., 443

fate-mapping, 286

feedback loops, 542

female choice, 21

Fermat, P. de, 335

Feyerabend, P., 350

finalcause,9

finches, 7

first-order predicate logic, 485–489,

490–493, 499, 505

Fisher, R. A., 30, 38–47, 53, 69, 78,

252, 310, 317, 319–332, 336–

342, 487, 490, 504, 510:see