EVIDENCE AND EVOLUTION-The Logic Behind The Science

                                      How should the concept of evidence be understood? And how does

the concept of evidence apply to the controversy about creationism
as well as to work in evolutionary biology about natural selection and
common ancestry? In this rich and wide-ranging book, Elliott Sober
investigates general questions about probability and evidence and
shows how the answers he develops to those questions apply to the
specifics of evolutionary biology. Drawing on a set of fascinating
examples, he analyzes whether claims about intelligent design are
untestable; whether they are discredited by the fact that many
adaptations are imperfect; how evidence bears on whether present
species trace back to common ancestors; how hypotheses about
natural selection can be tested, and many other issues. His book will
interest all readers who want to understand philosophical questions
about evidence and evolution, as they arise both in Darwin’s work
and in contemporary biological research.

ELLIOTT SOBER is Hans Reichenbach Professor and William Vilas
Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of
Wisconsin-Madison. His many publications include Philosophy of
Biology, 2nd Edition (1999) and Unto Others: The Evolution and
Psychology of Unselfish Behavior (1998) which he co-authored with
David Sloan Wilson.

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