Facts, Conventions, and the Levels of Selection. New ed, Paperback/***

This Element introduces this literature and proposes a novel contribution. It defends a realist stance and offers a way of delineating genuine levels of selection by invoking the notion of a functional unit. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Pierrick (Macquarie University, Sydney) Bourrat Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises; Worked examples or Exercises Number of pages: 75 Collection: Elements in the Philosophy of Biology Publication date: 2021 Dimensions: 151 x 228 x 11 Cover type: Paperback / softback