Philosophy of Biology

Index 609

also Fundamental Theorem
of Natural Selection
Fisher–Wright controversy, 45, 46,
53, 77, 340
Fundamental Theorem of Natu-
ral Selection, 84, 341
and information, 342
method of maximum likelihood,
336
fitness, 41–43, 112, 146, 184, 330, 336–
341, 511, 515, 516, 573
propensity interpretation, 113, 168
Fitzroy, R., 7
Fodor, J., 567
Forber, P., 115
formalisation, 485–488, 490, 491, 499–
502, 503, 505, 506, 508, 516
Galilean conception of, 487, 490,
491, 500–506, 519
fossil record, 17
Fox Keller, E., 192
Fraassen, B. van, 487, 493, 495, 501
function, 351, 525, 549, 554
agent model of, 526
analysis of, 531
artefact model of, 526
Causal Role (CR) account of, 531,
554, 556
etiological theory of, 534, 550
and explanation, 557
and goal-directedness, 526, 539
heavy vs. light f. talk, 525
indeterminacy of, 561
and malfunction, 531, 536, 551,
557
Selected Effect (SE) account of,
530, 552, 556
functionalism, 554
in biology, 351
Fundamental Theorem of Natural Se-
lection, 41, 42, 44, 80, 327–
329, 336, 339, 340, 341, 342

G ̈odel, K., 486, 489, 501

Galapagos, 7, 9, 14, 17

Galileo, G., 487, 500

Galton, F., 20, 310–315, 338

Game of Life, 597

game theory, 502

gametes, 508

Gannett, L., 463, 474–476

Garfinkle, A., 354, 356, 357

Gegenbaur, K., 433, 435

Gehring, W. J., 381

gemmules, 19, 20

gene, 183, 250, 351

colinearity of sequence, 277, 296

conversion, 269

differential concept of, 258

eyespot, 366

gene frequencies, 328, 330, 331

gene/environment dichotomy, 570

hedgehog, 366

as ‘markers’, 258

one g. — one enzyme, 274

recessive, 60

genetic(s), 257, 495

accommodation, 192, 193

agency, 142

algorithm, 586, 590

analysis, 249

canalization, 578

drift, 39, 45, 67

engineering, 290, 599

interactive g. systems, 330, 331

linkage, 264

mechanisms, 179

regulation, 291

variance, 331

genetically modified foods, 599

genic fundamentalism, 151

genocentricity, 257

genotype, 193, 256, 513, 515

frequencies, 499

space, 185

environmental interactions, 284

phenotype map, 185