The volume at hand publishes the proceedings of the conference "Develop-
mental Systems, Competition, and Cooperation in Sociobiology and Eco-
nomics", a "Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy (SEEP)-Conference"
held at Marienrode Monastery, Hildesheim-Marienrode near Hannover, Ger-
many, on 24-28 April 1996. This "Studies in Economic Ethics and Philoso-
phy (SEEP)-Conference" was made possible by the support of the Stiftung
Forschungsinstitut fUr Philosophie Hannover Foundation Hannover Insti-
tute of Philosophical Research. The editor wishes to thank his
co-workers at the Forschungsinstitut fUr Philosophie Hannover for their
assistance in organizing the conference at Ma- rienrode and Anna Maria
Hauk M. A. and Bettina Lohnert M. A. for their as- sistance in preparing
the computerized version of this book. A special word of gratitude is
due the Stiftung Forschungsinstitut fOr Phi- losophie Hannover whose
financial support made the conference in 1996 pos- sible. Hannover,
September 1998 P. K. Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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V Sociobiology, Theory of Evolution, and Bioeconomics Introduction PETER
KOSLOWSKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . . . 1 Part I Neo-Darwinian Synthesis, Sociobiology, and the
Economy of Nature Chapter 1 Darwinian Monism: The Economy of Nature
MICHAEL T. GHISELIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 3 Does the Second Law of Thermodynamics Refute the Neo-Darwinian
Synthesis? BRUCE H. WEBER and DAVID 1. DEPEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Partll Natural Selection and Developmental Systems: Redrawing the
Boundaries Between Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors of Evolution Chapter
4 Evolutionary and Developmental Formation: Politics of the Boundary
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