What makes biology unique?: considerations on the autonomy of a scientific discipline

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Philosophy and History of Science History of Science and Natural History Evolution and Science Education

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Introduction 1. Science and sciences 2. The autonomy of biology 3. Teleology 4. Analysis or reductionism 5. Darwin's influence on modern thought 6. Darwin's five theories of evolution 7. Maturation of Darwinism 8. Selection 9. Do Thomas Kuhn's scientific revolutions take place? 10. Another look at the species problem 11. The origin of human 12. Are we alone in this vast universe?

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