PHIL 23405/33405 History and Philosophy of Biology
Crosslistings
HIPS 25104, HIST 25104, HIST 35104, CHSS 37402, KNOW 37402
This lecture-discussion course will consider the main figures in the history of biology, from the Hippocratics and Aristotle to Darwin and Mendel. The philosophic issues will be the kinds of explanations appropriate to biology versus the other physical sciences, the status of teleological considerations, and the moral consequences for human beings. (B) (II)