A great deal of interest and excitement surround the interface between
the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of psychology, yet the area
is neither well defined nor well represented in mainstream
philosophical publications. This book is perhaps the first to open a
dialogue between the two disciplines. Its aim is to broaden the
traditional subject matter of the philosophy of biology while informing
the philosophy of psychology of relevant biological constraints and
insights.The book is organized around six themes: functions and
teleology, evolutionary psychology, innateness, philosophy of mind,
philosophy of science, and parallels between philosophy of biology and
philosophy of mind. Throughout, one finds overlapping areas of study,
larger philosophical implications, and even larger conceptual ties.
Woven through these connections are shared concerns about the status of
semantics, scientific law, evolution and adaptation, and cognition in
general.
