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Samir Okasha

    Tento autor prozkoumává hluboké filozofické otázky a složité lidské vztahy prostřednictvím svého výrazného literárního stylu. Jeho díla se vyznačují pronikavým vhledem do povahy existence a jemnou psychologickou hloubkou postav. Čtenáři objevují témata jako svoboda, zodpovědnost a hledání smyslu v často nejednoznačném světě. Autorův přístup je analytický a zároveň poetický, což zanechává trvalý dojem.

    Philosophy of Science. A Very Short Introduction
    Philosophy of Biology: A Very Short Introduction
    Agents and Goals in Evolution
    • Agents and Goals in Evolution

      • 272 stránek
      • 10 hodin čtení

      Samir Okasha offers a critical study of agential thinking in biology, where evolved organisms are seen as agents pursuing a goal. He examines the justification for transposing concepts from rational humans to the biological world, and considers whether agential thinking is mere anthropomorphism or plays a more intellectual role in the science.

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    • Covering some of science's most divisive topics, such as philosophical issues in genetics and evolution, the philosophy of biology also encompasses more traditional philosophical questions, such as free will, essentialism, and nature vs nurture. Here, Samir Okasha outlines the core issues with which contemporary philosophy of biology is engaged.

      Philosophy of Biology: A Very Short Introduction
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    • What is science? -- Scientific inference -- Explanation in science -- Realism and anti-realism -- Scientific change and scientific revolutions -- Philosophical problems in physics, biology, and psychology -- Science and its critics.

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