?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Review+of+Brandon's+%22Concepts+and+Methods+in+Evolutionary+Biology%22&rft.creator=Dupre%2C+J.&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=This+book+is+a+collection+of+essays+by+a+leading+philosopher+of+biology+and+spans+his+career+over+almost+the+last+twenty+years.+Most+of+the+topics+that+have+been+of+concern+to+philosophers+of+biology+in+this+period+are+touched+on+to+some+extent%2C+and+the+collection+of+these+essays+in+a+convenient+volume+will+certainly+be+welcomed+by+everyone+working+in+this+field.+The+essays+are+arranged+chronologically%2C+and+divided+into+three+sections.+Although+the+chapters+in+the+first+section+have+substantial+interconnections%2C+being+involved+with+fundamental+conceptual+issues+in+evolutionary+theory%2C+on+the+whole+there+is+not+much+attempt+to+tie+the+book+into+anything+more+than+a+sequence+of+independent+essays.+The+later+sections%2C+moreover%2C+cover+a+quite+diverse+range+of+topics.+The+whole+is+neither+more+nor+less+than+the+sum+of+the+parts.+For&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F346%2F1%2FBRANDON.htm&rft.identifier=++Dupre%2C+J.++(1997)+Review+of+Brandon's+%22Concepts+and+Methods+in+Evolutionary+Biology%22.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F346%2F