Oxford University Press, 2007. - 288 p.
This book is about the ‘levels-of-selection’ question in evolutionary biology. It is not a work of biology, however, but rather of philosophy of science. It examines a cluster of conceptual, foundational, and philosophical problems raised by the debate over levels of selection and related topics in biology.
Natural Selection in the Abstract
Selection at Multiple Levels: Concepts and Methods
Causality and Multi-Level Selection
Philosophical Issues in the Levels-of-Selection Debate
The Gene's-Eye View and its Discontents
Species Selection, Clade Selection, and Macroevolution
Levels of Selection and the Major Evolutionary Transitions
Concluding Remarks