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For more than two decades the concept of phenotypic plasticity has allowed researchers to go beyond the nature-nurture dichotomy to gain deeper insights into how organisms are shaped by the interaction of genetic and ecological factors. 'Phenotypic Plasticity: Beyond Nature and Nurture' is the first work to synthesize the burgeoning area of plasticity studies, providing a conceptual overview as well as a technical treatment of its major components. Phenotypic plasticity integrates the insights of ecological genetics, developmental biology, and evolutionary theory. Plasticity research asks foundational questions about how living organisms are capable of variation in their genetic makeup and in their responses to environmental factors. For instance, how do novel adaptive phenotypes originate? How do organisms detect and respond to stressful environments? What is the balance between genetic or natural constraints (such as gravity) and natural selection? The author begins by defining phenotypic plasticity and detailing its history, including important experiments and methods of statistical and graphical analysis. He then provides extended examples of the molecular basis of plasticity, the plasticity of development, the ecology of plastic responses, and the role of costs and constraints in the evolution of plasticity. A brief epilogue looks at how plasticity studies shed light on the nature/nurture debate in the popular media. 'Phenotypic Plasticity: Beyond Nature and Nurture' thoroughly reviews more than two decades of research, and thus will be of interest to both students and professionals in evolutionary biology, ecology, and genetics.
General ecology and biosociology --- Genetics --- Phenotype. --- Genotype-environment interaction. --- Nature and nurture. --- Adaptation (Physiology) --- Phénotypes --- Interaction génotype-environnement --- Hérédité et milieu --- Adaptation (Physiologie) --- Phenotypic plasticity. --- Phénotypes --- Interaction génotype-environnement --- Hérédité et milieu --- Acqui 2006 --- Phenotypic plasticity
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Why do people believe bunk? What causes them to embrace pseudoscientific beliefs and practices? Massimo Pigliucci sets out to separate fact from fantasy in this exploration of the nature of science and the borderlands of fringe science. Recent polls suggest that fewer than 40 percent of Americans believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, despite it being one of science's best-established findings. Parents still refuse to vaccinate their children for fear it causes autism, though this link has been consistently disproved. And about 40 percent of Americans believe that the threat of global warming is exaggerated, including many political leaders. In this era of fake news and alternative facts, there is more bunk than ever. But why do people believe in it? And what causes them to embrace such pseudoscientific beliefs and practices? In this fully revised second edition, noted skeptic Massimo Pigliucci sets out to separate the fact from the fantasy in an entertaining exploration of the nature of science, the borderlands of fringe science, and--borrowing a famous phrase from philosopher Jeremy Bentham--the nonsense on stilts. Presenting case studies on a number of controversial topics, Pigliucci cuts through the ambiguity surrounding science to look more closely at how science is conducted, how it is disseminated, how it is interpreted, and what it means to our society. The result is in many ways a "taxonomy of bunk" that explores the intersection of science and culture at large. No one--neither the public intellectuals in the culture wars between defenders and detractors of science nor the believers of pseudoscience themselves--is spared Pigliucci's incisive analysis in this timely reminder of the need to maintain a line between expertise and assumption. Broad in scope and implication, Nonsense on Stilts is a captivating guide for the intelligent citizen who wishes to make up her own mind while navigating the perilous debates that will shape the future of our planet.
Pseudoscience --- Science - Philosophy --- Science - Political aspects --- Science - Social aspects --- Ambiguity in science --- Science
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Creationism. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Science --- Scientism. --- Philosophy. --- Creationism --- Evolution (Biology) --- Scientism --- Evolution
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Philosophy of science --- General ethics --- Evolution (Biology) --- Evolution (Biology). --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny
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What sets the practice of rigorously tested, sound science apart from pseudoscience ? In this volume, the contributors seek to answer this question, known to philosophers of science as «the demarcation problem.» This issue has a long history in philosophy, stretching as far back as the early twentieth century and the work of Karl Popper. But by the late 1980s, scholars in the field began to treat the demarcation problem as impossible to solve and futile to ponder. However, the essays that Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Boudry have assembled in this volume make a rousing case for the unequivocal importance of reflecting on the separation between pseudoscience and sound science. Moreover, the demarcation problem is not a purely theoretical dilemma of mere academic interest: it affects parents’ decisions to vaccinate children and governments’ willingness to adopt policies that prevent climate change. Pseudoscience often mimics science, using the superficial language and trappings of actual scientific research to seem more respectable. Even a well-informed public can be taken in by such questionable theories dressed up as science. Pseudoscientific beliefs compete with sound science on the health pages of newspapers for media coverage and in laboratories for research funding. Now more than ever the ability to separate genuine scientific findings from spurious ones is vital, and The Philosophy of Pseudoscience provides ground for philosophers, sociologists, historians, and laypeople to make decisions about what science is or isn’t.
Pseudoscience --- Science --- Pseudoscience. --- Science. --- Natural science --- Science of science --- Sciences --- Junk science --- Natural sciences --- Parasciences --- philosophical, philosopher, demarcation, problem, controversy, controversial, science, scientific, research, hypothesis, scientist, essay collection, misleading, 20th century, contemporary, modern, academic, scholarly, history, historical, karl popper, 1980s, theoretical, theory, vaccine, vaccinations, government, policy, public health, change, progress.
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Collecting recent research on phenotype integration, this volume offers a cutting edge review of the subject, an area of increasing attention from evolutionary biologists, developmental biologists, geneticists, & organismal biologists.
Phenotype. --- Evolutionary genetics. --- Genetic evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Genetics --- Phenotypes --- Genotype-environment interaction --- Phenotype --- Evolutionary genetics
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Animal sauvage --- wild animals --- Plante sauvage --- Wild plants --- phenotypes --- Évolution --- evolution --- Stabilité génétique --- Genetic stability --- Polymorphisme génétique --- Genetic polymorphism --- 576.5 --- Adaptation (Biology) --- Evolution (Biology) --- Phenotype --- #WDIR:wbse --- Phenotypes --- Genetics --- Genotype-environment interaction --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Environment --- Self-organizing systems --- Variation (Biology) --- Cell interactions. Intercellular junctions. Cell populations. Cell behaviour in culture --- Phenotype. --- Adaptation (Biology). --- Evolution (Biology). --- 576.5 Cell interactions. Intercellular junctions. Cell populations. Cell behaviour in culture --- evolution. --- Environmental adaptation --- Adaptation, Environmental
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"Toen Massimo Pigliucci de vijftig naderede, werd hij overvallen door grote levensvragen en het besef van zijn eigen sterfelijkheid. Dat stimuleerde hem zich te verdiepen in de praktische filosofie van de stoïcijnen, die uitstekend blijkt te passen bij seculiere westerlingen. Ze leert je te concentreren op datgene wat binnen je macht ligt en een zekere gelijkmoedigheid te bereiken. In zijn boek 'Hoe word je een stoïcijn' combineert Pigliucci een glasheldere uitleg van deze tijdloze filosofie met persoonlijke voorbeelden. ook formuleert hij twaalf leefregels voor de moderne stoïcijn."
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