Teleological Notions in Biology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Mar 20, 1996 · The manifest appearance of function and purpose in living systems is responsible for the prevalence of apparently teleological explanations of organismic structure and behavior in biology. …
Denis Noble: “I Think Neo-Darwinism Is Dead”
Jul 30, 2024 · As Daniel Witt and David Klinghoffer recently wrote, Oxford University biologist Denis Noble had a nice interview published last month at Variable Minds titled “ Science Is Reconsidering …
Denis Noble - Wikipedia
Denis Noble CBE FRS FMedSci MAE [3] (born 16 November 1936) is a British physiologist and biologist who held the Burdon Sanderson Chair of Cardiovascular Physiology at the University of Oxford from …
The Evolvability of Evolutionary Theories: A Reply to Denis Noble
Aug 16, 2021 · In this commentary on Denis Noble’s “The Illusions of the Modern Synthesis,” I discuss three illusions he argues exist within the Modern Synthesis. These illusions have the common theme …
As a young philosopher of biology working on issues in molecular biology, Denis Noble has always been a unique scholar for me. His well-known argument for 'downward causation' based on his studies of …
Denis Noble, The Conceptualist View of Teleology - PhilPapers
Teleological Explanation: A Reply to Denis Noble.Charles Taylor - 1967 - Analysis 27 (4):141 - 143. The Music of Life: Biology Beyond the Genome.Denis Noble - 2006 - Oxford University Press. Response …
The Unselfish Gene: Noble-Dawkins – nia-faraway
Richard Dawkins and Denis Noble are prominent figures in evolutionary biology, but they hold differing views on the mechanisms of evolution and the interpretation of key concepts within the field. …
Denis Noble Challenges neo-Darwinism – Evolution For The Humanities
Nov 9, 2015 · A few quotes: “There is no biological experiment that could distinguish between the selfish gene theory and its opposites, such as ‘imprisoned’ or ‘cooperative’ genes” “The postulate of a …
The Complexity of Genetic Replication and Evolution: A Debate
Jun 25, 2024 · The Inseparability of Replicator and Vehicle Noble’s key argument is that faithful genetic replication cannot occur without the living cell — the “vehicle” in Dawkins’ terminology.
Neo-Darwinism is just fine | Journal of Experimental Biology | The ...
Aug 1, 2015 · Denis Noble argues ‘that the Modern Synthesis (neo-Darwinist) theory of evolution requires either extension or replacement’ (Noble, 2015a) and a Correction amended his quotation …