PHIL.3090 Biology & Philosophy

Id: 042273 Credits: 3-3

Description

Philosophy of biology analyzes the knowledge produced across the biological sciences and considers how biologists arrive at their findings in addition to their societal contexts. Possible topics include the nature of evolution, intelligent design, determinism, contingency, adaptationism, sociobiology, as well as gender, sexuality, and race in biology, human genome editing and eugenics, and modelling, reductionism, explanation.

Prerequisites

Pre-Req: ENGL.1020 College Writing II.

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