?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Reviewof+Sober's+%22From+a+Biological+Point+of+View%3A+Essays+in+Evolutionary+Philosophy%22&rft.creator=Dupre%2C+J.&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=Biological+knowledge+has+increased+exponentially+in+the+last+century+or+so%2C+and+it+would+be+surprising+if+some+of+this+knowledge+did+not+have+implications+for+philosophy.+In+contrast+with+a+good+deal+of+Elliott+Sober's+best+known+work%2C+which+aims+to+bring+philosophical+methods+to+bear+on+issues+within+biology%2C+the+theme+of+this+collection+of+essays+is+to+explore+some+ways+in+which+biological+ideas%2C+or+more+specifically+evolutionary+ideas%2C+may+be+brought+to+bear+on+philosophical+issues.+Sober+notes+in+his+Introduction+that+there+is+no+systematic+theme+beyond+the+attempt+to+explore+the+philosophical+implications+of+taking+evolutionary+biology+seriously.+And+certainly+this+is+a+diverse+collection%2C+especially+with+regard+to+the+extent+to+which+the+various+arguments+of+these+papers+depend+on+any+particular+content+to+evolutionary+claims.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F348%2F1%2FSOBERbio.htm&rft.identifier=++Dupre%2C+J.++(1996)+Reviewof+Sober's+%22From+a+Biological+Point+of+View%3A+Essays+in+Evolutionary+Philosophy%22.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F348%2F