Handbook of evolutionary thinking in the sciences

Foreword Jean Gayon.- Introduction Thomas Heams, Philippe Huneman, Guillaume Lecointre, Marc Silberstein.- Part 1. Concepts: Processes.- Variation Thomas Heams.- Heredity Thomas Heams.- Selection Philippe Huneman.- Adaptation Philippe Grandcolas.- Function Armand de Ricqles.- Part 2. Concepts: Patterns.- Character Veronique Barriel.- Species Sarah Samadi and Anouk Barberousse.- Descent (filiation) Guillauem Lecointre.- Life Stephane Tirard.- Part 3. Darwinism "At Work" : Philosophy of Science.- Formalising Evolutionary Theory Anouk Barberousse.- Continuities and Discontinuities of Variation Mechanisms in On the Origin of Species Pascal Charbonnat.- Evolutionary Developmental Biology: Philosophical Issues Alan C. Love.- Phenotypic plasticity: From microevolution to macroevolution Antonine Nicoglou.- Darwin and molecular biology Michel Morange.- Systems biology and evolutionary biology Pierre-Alain Braillard.- The (in)determinism of biological evolution where does the stochastic character of evolutionary theory come from? Christophe Malaterre and Francesca Merlin.- Darwin and phylogenetics: past and present Pascal Tassy.- Telling the story of life on the use of narrative Guillaume Lecointre.- Part 4. Darwinism "At Work" : From molecules to eco-systems.- What exactly is Synthetic Biology? Thomas Heams.- Evolutionary developmental biology and its contribution to a new synthetic theory Guillaume Balavoine.- Behavior and Evolution: crossed glances Henri Cap.- Sex and evolution: Pierre Henry Gouyon, Damien de Vienne, and Tatiana Girard.- Biological costs of a small stature for Homo sapiens females: new perspectives on stature sexual dimorphism Priscille Touraille.- Ecology and evolution: Toward a multi-hierarchical connection Julien DeLord.- The ecological niche: history and recent controversies Arnaud Pocheville.- Darwin, Evolution, and Medicine: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Pierre-Oliver Methot.- Part 5. Evolution in Other Sciences.- Evolutionary algorithms Marc Schoenauer.- Artificial evolution of autonomous robots and virtual creatures Nicolas Bredeche.- Evolutionary Psychology, Adaptation and Design: Stephen M. Downes.- Externalist Evolutionary Cognitive Science Pierre Poirier and Luc Faucher.- Human Language: An Evolutionary Anomaly Jean-Louis Dessalles.- Evolution, Society, and Ethics: Social Darwinism versus Evolutionary Ethics Christine Clavien.- Darwinian Morality: Moral Darwinism Jerome Ravat.- Origins and evolution of religion from a Darwinian point of view: synthesis of different theories Pierrick Bourrat.- Current Darwinism in Social Science Christophe Heintz and Nicolas Claidiere.- Evolutionary economics: a specific form of evolution? Eva Debray.- Phylo-Linguistics: Enacting Darwin's Linguistic Image Mahe Ben Hamed.- Biological functions and semantic content: the teleosemantics Francoise Longy.- Part 6. About Anti-Darwinism.- Evolutionism(s) and creationism(s) Olivier Brosseau and Marc Silberstein.- The theory of evolution in secondary schools: some teaching issues Corine Fortin.