Readership: Students and scholars of philosophy of science, especially philosophy of biology; evolutionary biologists
Samir Okasha, Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Bristol
"A clearly written, unique and useful book" - Elizabeth Lloyd, Trends in Ecology and Evolution
"A major conceptual contribution to evolutionary theory... Okasha's book makes the sort of contribution that will not be able to be ignored by anyone interested in this field for many years to come." - Massimo Pigliucci, Biology and Philosophy
"Evolution and the Levels of Selection is a major contribution toward putting this controversial area on a coherent conceptual and philosophical footing... Okasha has greatly clarified many of the central issues. I can't imagine anyone working on multilevel selection - or attempting to dismiss it - without reading this book." - David Jablonski, Science
"Sam Okasha's wonderful new book... is a philosophical examination of the conceptual framework that multi-level selection theory deploys... It is gratifying that his book engages the details of mathematical models and at the same time connects those details with broader philosophical questions." - Elliott Sober, Bioscience
"...an extremely thought-provoking and important book about a dificult and highly technical topic...This is not a book to pull a chapter out of, but instead demands a careful reading of the whole text. Those who do will be rightly rewarded." - Matt Haber MIND
"Okasha has written an extremely important book... required reading for anyone working on the levels of selection question" - Jonathan Michael Kaplan, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Introduction 1: Natural Selection in the Abstract 2: Selection at Multiple Levels: Concepts and Methods 3: Causality and Multi-level Selection 4: Philosophical Issues in the Levels of Selection Debate 5: The Gene's Eye View and its Discontents 6: The Group Selection Controversy 7: Species Selection, Clade Selection and Macroevolution 8: Levels of Selection and the Major Evolutionary Transitions
