On the Units of Selection in Biological Evolution

• Main Authors: Ou-Yang, Min, 歐陽敏
• Other Authors: Chang, Fu
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 1995
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38021927855965525735

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 哲學研究所 === 83 === There are two main parts in this thesis. In the first part, which includes Chapter one and two, I focus on the issues of three main units-of-selection theories, which are individual selection, group selection, and gene selection. The main ideas for and against these theories will be specified here. In the second part, which includes Chapter three and four, I propose a hierarchical-selection thesis to solve the units-of-selection problem, since the three main theories that is introduced in the first part do not solve this problem thoroughly. Although the hierarchical-selection thesis has been suggested before, I think that it was not specified systematically. Therefore, I try to give a clearer explication for the hierarchical approach here.