Evidence and Evolution: The Logic Behind the Science

书籍介绍(英文)

How should the concept of evidence be understood? And how does the concept of evidence apply to the controversy about creationism as well as to work in evolutionary biology about natural selection and common ancestry? In this rich and wide-ranging book, Elliott Sober investigates general questions about probability and evidence and shows how the answers he develops to those questions apply to the specifics of evolutionary biology. Drawing on a set of fascinating examples, he analyzes whether claims about intelligent design are untestable; whether they are discredited by the fact that many adaptations are imperfect; how evidence bears on whether present species trace back to common ancestors; how hypotheses about natural selection can be tested, and many other issues. His book will interest all readers who want to understand philosophical questions about evidence and evolution, as they arise both in Darwin’s work and in contemporary biological research.
Book Description
How should the concept of evidence be understood? And how does it apply to the controversy surrounding creationism, natural selection and common ancestry? Elliott Sober investigates general questions about probability and evidence and shows how the answers he develops to those questions apply to the specifics of evolutionary biology.


应如何理解证据的概念？以及如何对证据的概念适用于有关创世的争议，以及对工作的自然选择和共同的祖先进化生物学？这样丰富和广泛的书，埃利奥特的Sober调查有关概率和证据的一般问题，并展示了如何发展的答案，他对这些问题适用于进化生物学的细节。在一个有趣的例子集绘图，他分析是否对智能设计索赔是无法验证的，无论是的是，许多适应不完善名誉扫地;如何证明目前的物种是否追溯至共同的祖先;承担怎样的假设对自然选择被测试，和许多其他问题。他的书的读者将关心的所有谁想要了解进化的证据和哲学问题，因为他们出现在达尔文的工作都和当代生物学研究。
图书简介
应如何理解证据的概念？以及它如何适用于争议神创论，自然选择和共同的祖先？艾略特的Sober调查有关概率和证据的一般问题，并展示了如何发展的答案，他对这些问题适用于进化生物学的细节。