Evolution of Reason : Logic As a Branch of Biology, Paperback by Cooper, Will...-image

Evolution of Reason : Logic As a Branch of Biology, Paperback by Cooper, Will...

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press Item Length: 9 in Type: Textbook width: 6 in Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology Ser. Item Height: 0.6 in Item Width: 6 in Language: English Author: William S. Cooper Format: Trade Paperback Subject: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Logic, Life Sciences / Biology Book Title: Evolution of Reason : Logic As a Branch of Biology Subject Area: Philosophy, Science Item Weight: 12.7 Oz height: 0.6 in ISBN: 9780521540254 Number of Pages: 238 Pages Publication Name: Evolution of Reason : Logic As a Branch of Biology Publication Year: 2003

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Evolution of Reason : Logic As a Branch of Biology, Paperback by Cooper, Will.... He examines the connections between logic and evolutionary biology and illustrates how logical rules are derived directly from evolutionary principles, and therefore, have no independent status of their own. Evolution of Reason : Logic As a Branch of Biology, Paperback by Cooper, William S., ISBN 0521540259, ISBN-13 9780521540254, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The formal systems of logic have ordinarily been regarded as independent of biology, but recent developments in evolutionary theory suggest that biology and logic may be intimately interrelated. In this book, William S. Cooper outlines a theory of rationality in which logical law emerges as an intrinsic aspect of evolutionary biology. He examines the connections between logic and evolutionary biology and illustrates how logical rules are derived directly from evolutionary principles, and therefore, have no independent status of their own. This biological perspective on logic, though at present unorthodox, could change traditional ideas about the reasoning process.

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